Can piezoelectric accelerometers be used to actively damp the mechanical suspensions in laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 633-640

  Veitch, P J ^a   Hough, J ^b   Morrison, E ^b   Robertson, D I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SENSITIVE AMPLIFIERS; LASER INTERFEROMETRIC GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC ACCELEROMETERS; PREAMPLIFIERS; VIBRATION ISOLATION SUSPENSIONS; VOLTAGE AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); DAMPING; FREQUENCIES; INTERFEROMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SERVOMECHANISMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 0030107374     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1146656     Document Type: Article

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