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SURF Projects

Summer 2008

Student	Project title and wiki-link	Paper	Talk
Josh Weiner	PEM
Eric	Image Processing with GigE Cameras
Max	Automated Noise Characterization
Sharon	Adaptive Noise Cancellation with Neural Networks
Maria	Exotic Lock Acquisition

Past summer student projects

Student (school)	year	Project	Paper	Talk
Sonia Buckley	2007	Servo optimization with Matlab
Philip Graf	2007	Pseudorandom codes?
Elena Gasparri	2007	Adaptive Filtering
Josh Weiner	2007	AP Mode Scanning	[http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/~cit40m/Docs/T070266_JoshWeiner.pdf T070266]
Edward MacAulay	2007	FTIR and Mass Spec
Darcy Barron	2007	[http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/mLIGO/TCS/CO2_Stabilization Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization]	T070244-00-R	G070643-00-R
Alice Wang	2007	New RF photodiodes
Keenan Pepper	2007	Gravity Gradients
Jenne Driggers (U Washington)	2006	Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners	T060240	talk
David Malling (Syracuse U)	2006	Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m	T060241	talk
Darcy Barron (U Illinois)	2006	DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer	T060XXX	talk.
Royal Reinecke (Caltech)	2006	Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout	T060244	talk.
Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome)	2006	Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment	T060246	talk
Marcus Ng	2005	Design of an Output Mode Cleaner to Enable DC Readout	paper	talk
Ryan Kinney	2005	Noise Budget Development	paper	talk
Matt Eichenfield	2003	Wavefront Sensing Auto-Alignment System of a Triangular Mode Cleaner Cavity	T030234	talk
Naman Batt	2003	Optical Lever System	T030231	talk
Alexei Ourjoumtsev	2003	The Beam tool, MC WFS commissioning, electro-optic shutters, beamline installation	T030198
Aya Sekido	2002	Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40m	T020143
Marcus Benna	2002	Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers	T020144
Ilya Berdnikov	2002	Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner	T020145
Surjeet Rejendran	2002	Data Analysis, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Coincident Bursts	T020146
David Bonfield	2002	Length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab	T020147
Richard George (Cambridge)	2001	AdvLIGO simulations with Twiddle and E2E	T010160
Victor Tsai (Caltech)	2001	Physics Environmental Monitoring (PEM) at 40m	T010161
Tim Piatenko (Cornell)	2001	Optical Properties of the Pre-Stabilized Laser	T010162
Andrea DeMichele (Pisa)	2001	Pre-Stabilized Laser Stability Controls and Characterization	T010159
Mihail Amarie (Caltech)	2001	Simulation of Response to Gravitational Waves and Noise	T010158
Irena Zivkovic (Serbia)	2001	Optimizing burst search algorithms in the time-frequency domain	T010157
Brian Kappus (Harvey Mudd)	2000	Wavefront Sensing for the 40m	T000123
Lisa Goggin (Cork, Ireland)	2000	Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m	T000122
Ivica Stevanovic (Belgrade)	2000	Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design	T000097
Jitesh Chauhan (Leicester)	2000	Global Diagnostic System at the 40m
Ted Jou (Caltech)	2000	Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m	T000121

Ideas for future projects

Autorun GUI
Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS
Mode Cleaner thermal resonance tracking
Alignment sensing and stabilization
Oplev noise
Mach-Zender improvements

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-=== List of Summer Student Projects: ===
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= Summer 2008 =
||''Student'' ||''Project title and wiki-link'' ||''Paper'' ||''Talk '' ||
||[[JoshuaWeiner|Josh Weiner]] ||[[PEM]] || || ||
|| Eric || [[Image Processing with GigE Cameras]] ||  ||  ||
|| Max  || [[Automated Noise Characterization]] || || ||
|| Sharon || [[Adaptive Noise Cancellation with Neural Networks]] || || ||
|| Maria || [[Exotic Lock Acquisition]] || || ||
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- * AM Laser Construction
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- * Thermal Insulation of OSA
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- * Greenhouse for the Mach-Zender
+== Past summer student projects ==
||Student (school)'' '' ||year'' '' ||Project'' '' ||Paper'' '' ||Talk'' '' ||
||[[SoniaBuckley|Sonia Buckley]] ||2007 ||[[Servo optimization with Matlab]] || || ||
||[[PhilipGraf|Philip Graf]] ||2007 ||Pseudorandom codes? || || ||
||[[ElenaGasparri|Elena Gasparri]] ||2007 ||[[Adaptive Filter|Adaptive Filtering]] || || ||
||[[JoshuaWeiner|Josh Weiner]] ||2007 ||[[AP Mode Scanning]] ||[http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/~cit40m/Docs/T070266_JoshWeiner.pdf T070266] || ||
||[[EdwardMacAulay|Edward MacAulay]] ||2007 ||FTIR and Mass Spec || || ||
||[[DarcyBarron|Darcy Barron]] ||2007 ||[http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/mLIGO/TCS/CO2_Stabilization Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization] ||T070244-00-R ||G070643-00-R ||
||[[AliceWang|Alice Wang]] ||2007 ||[[New RF photodiodes]] || || ||
||[[KeenanPepper|Keenan Pepper]] ||2007 ||[[Gravity Gradients]] || || ||
||Jenne Driggers (U Washington) ||2006 ||Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners ||T060240 ||talk ||
||David Malling (Syracuse U) ||2006 ||Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m ||T060241 ||talk ||
||Darcy Barron (U Illinois) ||2006 ||DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer ||T060XXX ||talk. ||
||Royal Reinecke (Caltech) ||2006 ||Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout ||T060244 ||talk. ||
||Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome) ||2006 ||Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment ||T060246 ||talk ||
||Marcus Ng ||2005 ||Design of an Output Mode Cleaner to Enable DC Readout ||paper ||talk ||
||Ryan Kinney ||2005 ||Noise Budget Development ||paper ||talk ||
||Matt Eichenfield ||2003 ||Wavefront Sensing Auto-Alignment System of a Triangular Mode Cleaner Cavity ||T030234 ||talk ||
||Naman Batt ||2003 ||Optical Lever System ||T030231 ||talk ||
||Alexei Ourjoumtsev ||2003 ||The Beam tool, MC WFS commissioning, electro-optic shutters, beamline installation ||T030198 || ||
||Aya Sekido ||2002 ||Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40m ||T020143 || ||
||Marcus Benna ||2002 ||Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers ||T020144 || ||
||Ilya Berdnikov ||2002 ||Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner ||T020145 || ||
||Surjeet Rejendran ||2002 ||Data Analysis, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Coincident Bursts ||T020146 || ||
||David Bonfield ||2002 ||Length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab ||T020147 || ||
||Richard George (Cambridge) ||2001 ||AdvLIGO simulations with Twiddle and E2E ||T010160 || ||
||Victor Tsai (Caltech) ||2001 ||Physics Environmental Monitoring (PEM) at 40m ||T010161 || ||
||Tim Piatenko (Cornell) ||2001 ||Optical Properties of the Pre-Stabilized Laser ||T010162 || ||
||Andrea DeMichele (Pisa) ||2001 ||Pre-Stabilized Laser Stability Controls and Characterization ||T010159 || ||
||Mihail Amarie (Caltech) ||2001 ||Simulation of Response to Gravitational Waves and Noise ||T010158 || ||
||Irena Zivkovic (Serbia) ||2001 ||Optimizing burst search algorithms in the time-frequency domain ||T010157 || ||
||Brian Kappus (Harvey Mudd) ||2000 ||Wavefront Sensing for the 40m ||T000123 || ||
||Lisa Goggin (Cork, Ireland) ||2000 ||Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m ||T000122 || ||
||Ivica Stevanovic (Belgrade) ||2000 ||Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design ||T000097 || ||
||Jitesh Chauhan (Leicester) ||2000 ||Global Diagnostic System at the 40m || || ||
||Ted Jou (Caltech) ||2000 ||Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m ||T000121 || ||
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- * New RF Photodiode (LSC)
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- * New higher power Wavefront Sensor (!InGaAs)
+== Ideas for future projects ==
 * Autorun GUI
 * Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS
 * Mode Cleaner thermal resonance tracking
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- * Autorun GUI
+ *Alignment sensing and stabilization
 *Oplev noise
 *Mach-Zender improvements
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- * [[40m Seismic Platform Interferometer]]

 * Optical lever noise reduction

 * Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS

 * Mode scanning of the Anti-Symmetric port beam

 * Update noise budget code for DRFPMI

 * Adjust digital dewhitening and inv-dewhitening filters to analog dewhitening filters
 
 * Get some acoustic foam for the ISC tables
 * Script to measure Q and tune damping servos
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+= Suggested Reading List =
 * [http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3041 S5 Interferometer Paper]
 * [http://www.hpmemory.org/an/pdf/an_243.pdf HP Signal Analysis note]
 * [http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?id=68542 LIGO Lock Acquisition Paper]
 * [http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/docs/P/P020003-00.pdf  Matt's Manifesto on Lock Acquisition]
 * [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005RvMP...77..783B Feedback for Physicists]
 * Optics Tutorial