Automatic beam alignment for the mode-cleaner cavities of GEO 600

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1938-1945

  Grote, Hartmut ^a   Heinzel, Gerhard ^b   Freise, Andreas ^a   Goßler, Stefan ^a   Willke, Benno ^a,b   Lück, Harald ^a,b   Ward, Harry ^c   Casey, Morag M ^c   Strain, Kenneth A ^c   Robertson, David ^c   Hough, Jim ^c   Danzmann, Karsten ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; INSTALLATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

AUTOMATIC BEAM ALIGNMENT; CONTINUOUS LOCKING STRETCH; DIFFERENTIAL WAVEFRONT SENSING TECHNIQUE; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTOR; MODE CLEANER CAVITIES;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 11144358269     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.001938     Document Type: Article

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