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Mitigation of Laser Frequency Noise for LISAThe Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a proposed detector of gravitational waves in the 0.1 mHz - 0.1 Hz band. LISA will measure gravitational wave strain at the 10(exp -21) level by monitoring the distance between freely-falling test masses s(exp -11) m. These distance measurements will be made using heterodyne interferometry with multiple light sources on moving platforms with changing baselines, all of which cause frequency noise to couple into the displacement measurement. I will describe how LISA interferometry mitigates the effects of laser frequency noise through active suppression and common mode rejection. Recent laboratory developments will also be discussed.
Document ID
20090042736
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Thorpe, Ira J. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2009
Subject Category
Lasers And Masers
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2010 American Physical Society Meeting
Location: Washington, D.C.
Country: United States
Start Date: February 13, 2010
End Date: February 17, 2010
Sponsors: American Physical Society
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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