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== ►Demonstration of the AdvLIGO interferometer technologies ==
=== Prototyping of AdvLIGO LSC ===
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== To demonstrate AdvLIGO interferometer technologies ==
=== Prototyping of AdvLIGO LSC ===
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 * '''Green laser locking'''   * [=> Link to 40m lock acq][=> Link to AdvLIGO LSC scheme]
 * '''Green laser locking''' [=> Link to 40m ALS][=> Link to AdvLIGO ALS]
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=== Tuned / Detuned RSE comparison ===
 * "Address advantage and disadv. of the tuned/detuned configuration"
=== Tuned / Detuned RSE comparison ===
 * "Clarify advantage and disadv. of the tuned/detuned configuration"
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=== RGC based digital control system === === RGC based digital control system ===
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 * [=> Link to 40m CDS][=> Link to AdvLIGO CDS]
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== To do anything useful to make the AdvLIGO easier / faster ==
=== DC&Dither technologies ===
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== To do anything useful to make the AdvLIGO easier / faster ==
=== DC&Dither technologies ===
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=== Interferometer Diagnosis === === Interferometer Diagnosis ===
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=== Development / test bench of advanced technologies === === Development / test bench of advanced technologies ===
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 * Adaptive noise cancellation  * Adaptive noise cancellation [=> Link to 40m ASS]
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= Major things to be upgraded =
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== Interferometer Configuration ==
=== ►Interferometer design ===
 * AdvLIGO like optical configuration / sensing scheme
  * Arm finesse of about 450
  * 2 Phase modulations (11MHz & 55MHz), no Mach Zehndar
  * Longer PRC/SRC => Use of Folding mirror
  * PR gain decided for carrier, SR gain decided by sensitivity
  * Small asymmetry, extraction of f2 by a undercoupled SEC => good through put of f2 to the dark port
  * Use of third harmonic demodulation scheme
  * Links to [Optical Configuration][Power Budget][Optical Layout][PRC/SRC design][Sensing scheme][Lock Acquisition scheme]
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== CDS Interferometer Configuration ==  * Smaller ITMs/ETMs for lower the optical spring frequencies

 * Tuned or detuned?
  * Tuned / offset detuning What should be compared?

=== ►Green laser locking ===
 * Arm length stabilization using auxiliary 532nm lasers at the end of each arm.
  * Dichroic coating (1064nm/532nm) for ITMs and ETMs
  * Link to [Green locking]

=== ►CDS (Control and Data System) ===
 * AdvLIGO style digital control system utilizing Matlab/Simulink (Realtime Code Generator)
 * Realtime code development with "virtual interferometer"
 * First test for Realtime code development with "virtual interferometer"
 * Links to [CDS upgrade]

=== ►Mechanics ===
 * Use of Tip-Tilt suspenions which is similar to one for ELIGO and AdvLIGO
 * Use of Small Optics Suspensions for ITMs/ETMs.
 * Links to [Suspension upgrade]

=== ►Electronics ===
 * Upgrade of the RF detection systems
  * PDs/demodulators/RF distributors
 * Use of a multiple resonant EOM
 * Links to [Electronics upgrade]

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Purpose of the upgrade


To demonstrate AdvLIGO interferometer technologies

►Prototyping of AdvLIGO LSC

  • Lock acquisition

    • "Prove AdvLIGO LSC actually works"
    • [=> Link to 40m lock acq][=> Link to AdvLIGO LSC scheme]

  • Green laser locking [=> Link to 40m ALS][=> Link to AdvLIGO ALS]

    • "Realize lock of the arms independently from the main beam"
    • "Achieve semi-deterministic lock & smooth handing off"

  • Noise mechanisms / DC readout

    • "Discover and/or confirm by a model RSE specific noise couplings"

►Tuned / Detuned RSE comparison

  • "Clarify advantage and disadv. of the tuned/detuned configuration"
  • "Demonstrate smooth transition"

►RGC based digital control system

  • "Demonstrate complicated LSC code on the connected multiple systems"
  • "Establish rapid prototyping methods with simulated plants on the processors"
  • [=> Link to 40m CDS][=> Link to AdvLIGO CDS]


To do anything useful to make the AdvLIGO easier / faster

►DC&Dither technologies

  • Offset lock and handoffs
  • AF WFS technique
    • "Develop and characterize various new useful techniques"

►Interferometer Diagnosis

  • Cavity characterization using aux. laser injection
    • "Provide a method of precise in-situ characterization of the interferometer"

►Development / test bench of advanced technologies

  • GigE CCD WFS technique
  • Adaptive noise cancellation [=> Link to 40m ASS]

    • "Demonstrate how it works"
    • "Understand and improve its limitations"


Major things to be upgraded


►Interferometer design

  • AdvLIGO like optical configuration / sensing scheme
    • Arm finesse of about 450
    • 2 Phase modulations (11MHz & 55MHz), no Mach Zehndar

    • Longer PRC/SRC => Use of Folding mirror

    • PR gain decided for carrier, SR gain decided by sensitivity
    • Small asymmetry, extraction of f2 by a undercoupled SEC => good through put of f2 to the dark port

    • Use of third harmonic demodulation scheme
    • Links to [Optical Configuration][Power Budget][Optical Layout][PRC/SRC design][Sensing scheme][Lock Acquisition scheme]
  • Smaller ITMs/ETMs for lower the optical spring frequencies
  • Tuned or detuned?
    • Tuned / offset detuning What should be compared?

►Green laser locking

  • Arm length stabilization using auxiliary 532nm lasers at the end of each arm.
    • Dichroic coating (1064nm/532nm) for ITMs and ETMs
    • Link to [Green locking]

►CDS (Control and Data System)

  • AdvLIGO style digital control system utilizing Matlab/Simulink (Realtime Code Generator)
  • Realtime code development with "virtual interferometer"
  • First test for Realtime code development with "virtual interferometer"
  • Links to [CDS upgrade]

►Mechanics

  • Use of Tip-Tilt suspenions which is similar to one for ELIGO and AdvLIGO
  • Use of Small Optics Suspensions for ITMs/ETMs.
  • Links to [Suspension upgrade]

►Electronics

  • Upgrade of the RF detection systems
    • PDs/demodulators/RF distributors
  • Use of a multiple resonant EOM
  • Links to [Electronics upgrade]


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