First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO

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Abstract

Interferometric gravitational wave detectors operate with high optical power in their arms in order to achieve high shot-noise limited strain sensitivity. A significant limitation to increasing the optical power is the phenomenon of three-mode parametric instabilities, in which the laser field in the arm cavities is scattered into higher-order optical modes by acoustic modes of the cavity mirrors. The optical modes can further drive the acoustic modes via radiation pressure, potentially producing an exponential buildup. One proposed technique to stabilize parametric instability is active damping of acoustic modes. We report here the first demonstration of damping a parametrically unstable mode using active feedback forces on the cavity mirror. A 15 538 Hz mode that grew exponentially with a time constant of 182 sec was damped using electrostatic actuation, with a resulting decay time constant of 23 sec. An average control force of 0.03 nN was required to maintain the acoustic mode at its minimum amplitude.

Original languageEnglish
Article number151102
Number of pages7
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume118
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Apr 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Interferometric gravitational
  • Gravitational waves
  • Detectors

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LSC Instrument Authors. / First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO. In: Physical Review Letters. 2017 ; Vol. 118, No. 15.
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LSC Instrument Authors 2017, 'First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO', Physical Review Letters, vol. 118, no. 15, 151102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.151102

First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO. / LSC Instrument Authors.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, No. 15, 151102, 11.04.2017.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

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AU - Hardwick, Terra

AU - Liu, Jian

AU - Lormand, Marc Doug

AU - Miller, John

AU - Mullavey, Adam

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AU - Zhao, Chunnong

AU - Abbott, B. P.

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AU - Adams, C.

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AU - Ananyeva, A.

AU - Appert, S.

AU - Arai, Koji

AU - Ballmer, Stefan W

AU - Barker, D.

AU - Barr, B

AU - Barsotti, Lisa

AU - Bartlett, J.

AU - Bartos, Imre

AU - Batch, J. C.

AU - Bell, A. S.

AU - Billingsley, GariLynn

AU - Birch, J.

AU - Biscans, Sebastien

AU - Biwer, Christoph M

AU - Bork, Rolf

AU - Brooks, Aidan F

AU - Ciani, Giacomo

AU - Clara, Filiberto

AU - Countryman, Stefan Trklja

AU - Cowart, M. J.

AU - Coyne, Dennis C

AU - Cumming, A.

AU - Cunningham, L.

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AU - Da Silva Costa, C. F.

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LSC Instrument Authors. First Demonstration of Electrostatic Damping of Parametric Instability at Advanced LIGO. Physical Review Letters. 2017 Apr 11;118(15). 151102. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.151102

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