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| || Jenne Driggers (U Washington) || 2006 || Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners || T060240-00-R || talk || || David Malling (Syracuse U) || 2006 || Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m || T060241-00-R || talk || || Darcy Barron (U Illinois) || 2006 || DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer || T060XXX-00-R || talk. || || Royal Reinecke (Caltech) || 2006 || Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout || T060244-00-R || talk. || || Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome) || 2006 || Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment || T060246-00-R || talk || |
|| 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 || |
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2002: * Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40 Meter Prototype Interferometer, Aya Sekido, T020143-00-R. * Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers, Marcus K. Benna, T020144-00-R. * Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner., Ilya Berdnikov, T020145-00-R. * Topics in Data Analysis from Gravitational Wave Interferometers, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Co-incident Bursts in LIGO, Surjeet Rajendran T020146-00-R. * Characterizing the length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab David Bonfield T020147-00-R. 2001: |
|| 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 || || |
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| 2000: * Brian Kappus, Harvey Mudd, bkappus@orion.ac.hmc.edu : Wavefront Sensing for the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000123-00.pdf. * Lisa Goggin, Cork, Ireland, lisagoggin@hotmail.com : Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000122-00.pdf. * Ivica Stevanovic, Belgrade, eeveetza@yahoo.com : Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design, MS Word document and T000097-00.pdf. * Jitesh Chauhan, Leicester, jitesh.c@virgin.net : The Global Diagnostic System on the LIGO 40m Prototype at Caltech, MS Word document * Ted Jou, Caltech, tjou@ligo : Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000121-00.pdf. |
|| 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 || || |
List of Summer Student Projects:
Summer 2007
Darcy Barron |
Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization |
Sonia Buckley |
Servo optimization with new Matlab tools |
Philip Graf |
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Keenan Pepper |
Gravity Gradients |
Alice Wang |
RF photodiode response |
Josh Wiener |
Mode scanning of the Anti-Symmetric port beam |
Past summer student projects
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 |
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Aya Sekido |
2002 |
Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40m |
T020143 |
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Marcus Benna |
2002 |
Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers |
T020144 |
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Ilya Berdnikov |
2002 |
Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner |
T020145 |
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Surjeet Rejendran |
2002 |
Data Analysis, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Coincident Bursts |
T020146 |
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David Bonfield |
2002 |
Length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab |
T020147 |
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Richard George (Cambridge) |
2001 |
AdvLIGO simulations with Twiddle and E2E |
T010160 |
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Victor Tsai (Caltech) |
2001 |
Physics Environmental Monitoring (PEM) at 40m |
T010161 |
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Tim Piatenko (Cornell) |
2001 |
Optical Properties of the Pre-Stabilized Laser |
T010162 |
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Andrea DeMichele (Pisa) |
2001 |
Pre-Stabilized Laser Stability Controls and Characterization |
T010159 |
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Mihail Amarie (Caltech) |
2001 |
Simulation of Response to Gravitational Waves and Noise |
T010158 |
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Irena Zivkovic (Serbia) |
2001 |
Optimizing burst search algorithms in the time-frequency domain |
T010157 |
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Brian Kappus (Harvey Mudd) |
2000 |
Wavefront Sensing for the 40m |
T000123 |
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Lisa Goggin (Cork, Ireland) |
2000 |
Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m |
T000122 |
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Ivica Stevanovic (Belgrade) |
2000 |
Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design |
T000097 |
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Jitesh Chauhan (Leicester) |
2000 |
Global Diagnostic System at the 40m |
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Ted Jou (Caltech) |
2000 |
Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m |
T000121 |
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Ideas for future projects
- New RF Photodiode (LSC)
New higher power Wavefront Sensor (InGaAs)
- Autorun GUI
- Optical lever noise reduction
- Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS
- Mode scanning of the Anti-Symmetric port beam
Update noise budget code for DRFPMI & PRFPMI
- Get some acoustic foam for the ISC tables
- Script to measure Q and tune damping servos
- Mode Cleaner thermal resonance tracking