Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2005-02-18
Phys.Rev.Lett. 94 (2005) 121102
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.121102
A detailed simulation of Advanced LIGO test mass optical cavities shows that parametric instabilities will excite acoustic modes in the test masses in the frequency range 28-35 kHz and 64-72 kHz. Using nominal Advanced LIGO optical cavity parameters with fused silica test masses, parametric instability excites 7 acoustic modes in each test mass, with parametric gain R up to 7. For the alternative sapphire test masses only 1 acoustic mode is excited in each test mass with R ~ 2. Fine tuning of the test mass radii of curvature cause the instabilities to sweep through various modes with R as high as ~2000. Sapphire test mass cavities can be tuned to completely eliminate instabilities using thermal g-factor tuning with negligible degradation of the noise performance. In the case of fused silica test mass, instabilities can be minimized but not eliminated.
Blair David Gerald
Degallaix Jerome
Gras Slawomir
Ju Lei
Zhao Caisheng
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