Laser with an in-loop relative frequency stability of 1.0×10(-21) on a 100-ms time scale for gravitational-wave detection

Year: 2009

Authors: Acernese F., Alshourbagy M., Antonucci F., Aoudia S., Arun K.G., Astone P., Ballardin G., Barone F., Barsotti L., Barsuglia M., Bauer T.S., Bigotta S., Birindelli S., Bizouard MA., Boccara C., Bondu F., Bonelli L., Bosi L., Braccini S., Bradaschia C., Brillet A., Brisson V., Bulten H.J., Buskulic D., Cagnoli G., Calloni E., Campagna E., Canuel B., Carbognani F., Carbone L., Cavalier F., Cavalieri R., Cella G., Cesarini E., Chassande-Mottin E., Chatterji S., Cleva F., Coccia E., Colas J., Colombini M., Corda C., Corsi A., Cottone F., Coulon JP., Cuoco E., D’Antonio S., Dari A., Dattilo V., Davier M., De Rosa R., Del Prete M., Di Fiore L., Di Lieto A., Di Paolo Emilio MD., Di Virgilio A., Fafone V., Ferrante I., Fidecaro F., Fiori I., Flaminio R., Fournier J. -D., Frasca S., Frasconi F., Gammaitoni L., Garufi F., Gemme G., Genin E., Gennai A., Giazotto A., Granata M., Granata V., Greverie C., Guidi G., Heitmann H., Hello P., Hild S., Huet D., La Penna P., Laval M., Leroy N., Letendre N., Lorenzini M., Loriette V., Losurdo G., Mackowski J.-M., Majorana E., Man N., Mantovani M., Marchesoni F., Marion F., Marque J., Martelli F., Masserot A., Menzinger F., Michel C., Milano L., Minenkov Y., Mitra S., Mohan M., Moreau J., Morgado N., Morgia A., Mosca S., Mours B., Neri I., Nocera F., Pagliaroli G., Palomba C., Paoletti F., Pardi S., Pasqualetti A., Passaquieti R., Passuello D., Persichetti G., Piergiovanni F., Pinard L., Poggiani R., Punturo M., Puppo P., Rabaste O., Rapagnani P., Regimbau T., Ricci F., Rocchi A., Rolland L., Romano R., Ruggi P., Sassolas B., Sentenac D., Swinkels B.L., Terenzi R., Toncelli A., Tonelli M., Tournefier E., Travasso F., Trummer J., Vajente G., van den Brand J.F.J., van der Putten S., Verkindt D., Vetrano F., Vicere A., Vinet J.Y., Vocca H., Was M., Yvert M.

Autors Affiliation: Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Napoli, I-80126 Naples, Italy; Univ Salerno, I-84084 Fisciano Sa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa 56127, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Univ Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma, I-00185 Rome, Italy; Univ Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, ARTEMIS, Observ Cote Azur, F-06304 Nice, France; Univ Paris 11, CNRS, IN2P3, LAL, F-91198 Orsay, France; EGO, I-56021 Cascina Pi, Italy; Univ Paris 07, CEA, Observ Paris, AP,CNRS, F-75205 Paris, France; NIKHEF, NL-1009 DB Amsterdam, Netherlands; ESPCI, F-75005 Paris, France; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy; Vrije Univ Amsterdam, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands; Univ Savoie, CNRS, IN2P3, LAPP, F-74941 Annecy Le Vieux, Annecy, France; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Firenze, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy; Univ Naples Federico 2, I-80126 Naples, Italy; Univ Urbino Carlo Bo, I-61029 Urbino, Italy; Univ Florence, I-50121 Florence, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy; Univ Roma Tor Vergata, I-00133 Rome, Italy; Univ Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy; Univ Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy; Univ Aquila, I-67100 Laquila, Italy; CNRS, IN2P3, LMA, F-69622 Lyon, France; Univ Roma La Sapienza, I-00185 Rome, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Genova, I-16146 Genoa, Italy; Univ Birmingham, Birmingham, W Midlands, England; Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy

Abstract: We report on the stabilization of the laser frequency for the Virgo gravitational-wave detector. We have obtained a frequency noise level, measured in loop, of 1.9×10(-7) Hz/Hz at 10 Hz for the 1064 nm laser; this value is limited by shot noise. The Allan standard deviation for relative frequency noise is 1.0×10(-21) on a 100-ms time scale. The spectral density of the laser frequency noise is negligible in the channel where gravitational waves ought to appear and meets the specifications for the target spectral resolution of the Virgo interferometer in the 10 Hz-10 kHz detection bandwidth.

Journal/Review: PHYSICAL REVIEW A

Volume: 79 (5)      Pages from: 053824  to: 053824

KeyWords: gravitational waves
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.053824

Citations: 10
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