Coupling characterization and noise studies of the optical metrology system onboard the LISA pathfinder mission

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 29, 2010, Pages 5665-5677

  Hechenblaikner, Gerald ^a   Gerndt, Rüdiger ^a   Johann, Ulrich ^a   Luetzow Wentzky, Peter ^a   Wand, Vinzenz ^a   Audley, Heather ^b   Danzmann, Karsten ^b   Garcia Marin, Antonio ^b   Heinzel, Gerhard ^b   Nofrarias, Miquel ^b   Steier, Frank ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

COUPLING PARAMETERS; ENGINEERING MODELING; EXTERNAL MODULATORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; LONGITUDINAL MOTION; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; PATHFINDER MISSION; SYSTEM IMPERFECTIONS;

SPACE PROBES;

EID: 78349266551     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.005665     Document Type: Article

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