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Published May 7, 2012 | Published
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Stabilized high-power laser system for the gravitational wave detector advanced LIGO

Abstract

An ultra-stable, high-power cw Nd:YAG laser system, developed for the ground-based gravitational wave detector Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), was comprehensively characterized. Laser power, frequency, beam pointing and beam quality were simultaneously stabilized using different active and passive schemes. The output beam, the performance of the stabilization, and the cross-coupling between different stabilization feedback control loops were characterized and found to fulfill most design requirements. The employed stabilization schemes and the achieved performance are of relevance to many high-precision optical experiments.

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© 2012 Optical Society of America. Original Manuscript: January 18, 2012; Revised Manuscript: February 27, 2012; Manuscript Accepted: March 4, 2012; Published: April 24, 2012. This research is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft as a part of the QUEST cluster of excellence and the German Volkswagen Stiftung. LIGO was constructed by the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with funding from the National Science Foundation and operates under cooperative agreement PHY-0823459.

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