Room temperature GW bar detector with opto-mechanical readout

Details Room temperature GW bar detector with opto-mechanical readout Room temperature GW bar detector with opto-mechanical readout

2002-05-28

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0205115v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

7 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. D

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1544077

We present the full implementation of a room-temperature gravitational wave bar detector equipped with an opto-mechanical readout. The mechanical vibrations are read by a Fabry--Perot interferometer whose length changes are compared with a stable reference optical cavity by means of a resonant laser. The detector performance is completely characterized in terms of spectral sensitivity and statistical properties of the fluctuations in the system output signal. The new kind of readout technique allows for wide-band detection sensitivity and we can accurately test the model of the coupled oscillators for thermal noise. Our results are very promising in view of cryogenic operation and represent an important step towards significant improvements in the performance of massive gravitational wave detectors.

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