Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2007-09-04
Class.Quant.Grav.24:5103-5122,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
20 pages, 14 figures; accepted for publication in Class. Quantum Grav
Scientific paper
10.1088/0264-9381/24/20/012
Vacuum conditions inside the LTP Gravitational Reference Sensor must comply with rather demanding requirements. The Optical Window (OW) is an interface which seals the vacuum enclosure and, at the same time, lets the laser beam go through for interferometric Metrology with the test masses. The OW is a plane-parallel plate clamped in a Titanium flange, and is considerably sensitive to thermal and stress fluctuations. It is critical for the required precision measurements, hence its temperature will be carefully monitored in flight. This paper reports on the results of a series of OW characterisation laboratory runs, intended to study its response to selected thermal signals, as well as their fit to numerical models, and the meaning of the latter. We find that a single pole ARMA transfer function provides a consistent approximation to the OW response to thermal excitations, and derive a relationship with the physical processes taking place in the OW. We also show how system noise reduction can be accomplished by means of that transfer function.
Danzmann Karsten
García Marín Antonio F.
Heinzel Gerhard
Lobo Alberto
Nofrarias Miquel
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