LIGO Document P1400112-x0
- This is a compilation of the papers published on the aLIGO instrument as built. Top-level references to Virgo, KAGRA, etc. also welcome. The objective is to provide a resource for references in further publications. Please add new papers as they become available!
- A compilation for use as reference in additional aLIGO papers.
Instrument:
- Advanced LIGO
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
Class. and Quantum Grav. 32, (2015) 074001
doi:10.1088/0264-9381/32/7/074001, P1400177
- Advanced Virgo: a second-generation interferometric gravitational wave detector
The Virgo Collaboration
Class. and Quantum Grav. 32, (2015) 024001
doi:10.1088/0264-9381/32/2/024001
Suspensions:
- Enhanced characteristics of fused silica fibers using laser polishing
A. Heptonstall, M.A. Barton, A.S. Bell, A. Bohn, G. Cagnoli, A. Cumming, A. Grant, E. Gustafson, G.D. Hammond, J. Hough, R. Jones, R. Kumar, K. Lee, I.W. Martin, N.A. Robertson, S. Rowan, K.A. Strain and K.V. Tokmakov
Class. Quantum Grav. 31, 10, 2014, 105006
- Experimental results for nulling the effective thermal expansion coefficient of fused silica fibres under a static stress
C. Bell, S. Reid, J. Faller, G.D. Hammond, J. Hough, I.W. Martin, S. Rowan and K.V. Tokmakov
Class. Quantum Grav. 31, 6, 2014, 065010
- A study of the fracture mechanisms in pristine silica fibres utilising high speed imaging techniques
K.V. Tokmakov, A. Cumming, J. Hough, R. Jones, R. Kumar, S. Reid, S. Rowan, N.A. Lockerbie, A. Wanner, G. Hammond
Journ. Non-Crystalline Solids. 358, 14, 2012, P1699–1709
- Reducing the suspension thermal noise of advanced gravitational wave detectors
G.D. Hammond, A.V. Cumming, J. Hough, R. Kumar, K. Tokmakov, S. Reid and S. Rowan
Class. Quantum Grav. 29, 12, 2012, 124009
- Update on Quadruple Suspension Design for Advanced LIGO
S.M. Aston, M.A. Barton, A. S. Bell, N. Beveridge, B. Bland, A.J. Brummitt, G. Cagnoli, C.A. Cantley, L. Carbone, A.V. Cumming, L. Cunningham, R.M. Cutler, R.J.S. Greenhalgh, G.D. Hammond, K. Haughian, T.M. Hayler, A. Heptonstall, J. Heefner, D. Hoyland, J. Hough, R. Jones, J.S. Kissel, R. Kumar, N.A. Lockerbie, D. Lodhia, I.W. Martin, P.G. Murray, J. O’Dell, M.V. Plissi, S. Reid, J. Romie, N.A. Robertson, S. Rowan, B. Shapiro, C.C. Speake, K.A. Strain, K.V. Tokmakov, C. Torrie, A.A. van Veggel, A. Vecchio, I. Wilmut
Class. Quantum Grav. 29, 235004, 2012, P1200056
- Sensors and Actuators for the Advanced LIGO Mirror Suspensions
L. Carbone, S.M. Aston, R.M. Cutler, A. Freise, J. Greenhalgh, J. Heefner, D. Hoyland, N.A. Lockerbie,D. Lodhia, N.A. Robertson, C.C. Speake, K.A. Strain and A.Vecchio
Class. Quantum Grav. 29, 115005, 2012, P1100208
- Design and development of the advanced LIGO monolithic fused silica suspension
A V Cumming, A S Bell, L Barsotti, M A Barton, G Cagnoli, D Cook, L Cunningham, M Evans, G D Hammond, G M Harry, A Heptonstall, J Hough, R Jones, R Kumar, R Mittleman, N A Robertson, S Rowan, B Shapiro, K A Strain, K Tokmakov, C Torrie and A A van Veggel
Class. Quantum Grav. 29, 035003, 2012, P1100091
- CO2 laser production of fused silica fibers for use in interferometric gravitational wave detector mirror suspensions
A Heptonstall, M A Barton, A Bell, G Cagnoli, C A Cantley, D R M Crooks, A Cumming, A Grant, G D Hammond, G M Harry, J Hough, R Jones, D Kelley, R Kumar, I W Martin, N A Robertson, S Rowan, K A Strain, K Tokmakov and M van Veggel
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 82, 011301, 2011, P1000080
- Noise Decoupling of Advanced LIGO Suspension Control
B. Shapiro1, R. Adhikari, J. Driggers, J. Kissel, B. Lantz, J. Rollins and K. Youcef-Toumi
Class. Quantum Grav. 32, 015004, 2015, P1400085
Seismic Isolation:
- F. Matichard, B. Lantz, K. Mason, R. Mittleman, B. Abbott, et al. "Advanced LIGO Two-Stage Twelve-Axis Vibration Isolation and Positioning Platform. Part 1: Design and Production Overview." Precision Engineering. Precision Engineering 40 (2015): 273-286.
- F. Matichard, B. Lantz, K. Mason, R. Mittleman, B. Abbott, et al. "Advanced LIGO Two-Stage Twelve-Axis Vibration Isolation and Positioning Platform. Part 2: Experimental Investigation and Tests Results." Precision engineering 40 (2015): 287-297.
- F. Matichard, B. Lantz, R. Mittleman, K. Mason, J. Kissel, B. Abbott, et al. "Seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO: Review of strategy, instrumentation and performance". Classical and Quantum Gravity 32.18 (2015): 185003.
- S. Wen, R. Mittleman, et. al., "Hydraulic External Pre-Isolator System for LIGO", Class. Quantum Grav. 31 235001 (2014), P1400058
- E. Daw, et. al., “Long term study of the seismic environment at LIGO”, Class.Quant.Grav. 21 (2004) 2255-2273, http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0403046, LIGO-P040015
Pre-stabilized Laser
- Patrick Kwee et al. "Stabilized high-power laser system for the gravitational wave detector advanced LIGO", Opt. Express, 20, 10617-10634 (2012), P1100192
- Lutz Winkelmann et al. "Injection-locked single-frequency laser with an output power of 220 W", Appl. Phys. B, 102, 529–538 (2011),
Input and Output Optics
- Zhanwei Liu et al. " Feedback control of optical beam spatial profiles using thermal lensing", Applied Optics, Vol. 52, Issue 26, pp. 6452-6457 (2013), P11300045
- Dmitry Zheleznov et al. " High vacuum compatible high power Faraday isolators for gravitational-wave interferometers", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B / Vol. 29, No. 7 (2012), P1100095
- Katherine Dooley et al. "Thermal effects in the Input Optics of the Enhanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory interferometers", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 033109 (2012), P1100056
- Muzammil A. Arain and Guido Mueller, "Design of the Advanced LIGO recycling cavities", Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 14, pp. 10018-10032 (2008), P080004
- Chris Mueller et al., "Advanced LIGO Input Optics", in preparation.
Core Optics
- Titania-Doped Tantala/Silica Coatings for Gravitational-Wave Detection. G. M. Harry, M. R. Abernathy, A. E. Becerra Toledo, H. Armandula, E. Black, K. Dooley, C. Nwabugwu, A. Villar, D. R. M. Crooks, G. Cagnoli, J. Hough, I. MacLaren, P. Murray, S. Reid, S. Rowan, P. H. Sneddon, M. M. Fejer, R. Route, S. D. Penn, P. Ganau, J.-M. Mackowski, C. Michel, L. Pinard, A. Remillieux, Classical and Quantum Gravity 24 (2006) 405. P08050048
Contamination:
- " Optical contamination control in the Advanced LIGO ultra-high vacuum system ", Proc. SPIE 8885, Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2013, 88852E (November 14, 2013); doi:10.1117/12.2047327, P1300192
Transmission Monitor and Suspension
Stray Light Control
- Smith, Michael, "Scattered Light Control in Advanced LIGO", proceedings of The Twelfth Marcel Grossmann Meeting on Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental General Relativity, Astrophysics and Relativistic Field Theories, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, 12 – 18 July 2009. P1000002
Thermal Compensation
- Brooks, Aidan et. al., "Direct measurement of absorption-induced wavefront distortion in high optical power systems", Applied Optics, 48 (2). pp. 355-364. P080089
- Lawrence, Ryan at. al., "Adaptive thermal compensation of test masses in advanced LIGO", Class. Quantum Grav. 19 (2002) 1803-1812. P010023
Optical Levers
Photon Calibrator
- E. Goetz, R.L. Savage, "Calibration of the LIGO displacement actuators via laser frequency modulation", Class.Quant.Grav. 27 (2010) 215001. P0900259
- E. Goetz, et. al., "Accurate calibration of test mass displacement in the LIGO interferometers", Class.Quant.Grav. 27 (2010) 084024. P0900155
- E. Goetz, et. al., "Precise calibration of LIGO test mass actuators using photon radiation pressure", Class.Quant.Grav. 26 (2009) 245011. P080118
- LSC, "Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run", Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 624.1:223-240, 2010 (DOI 10.1016/j.nima.2010.07.089), arXiv:1007.3973 [gr-qc]. (reference for free-swinging Michelson method) P0900120
Data Acquisition System
- The Advanced LIGO Timing System, I. Bartos, R. Bork, M. Factourovich, J. Heefner, S. Márka, Z. Márka, Z. Raics, P. Schwinberg and D. Sigg, Class. Quantum Grav. 27 (2010) 084025, P0900265
Interferometer Sensing and Control
- Alignment sensing and control in Advanced LIGO
L. Barsotti, M. Evans and P. Fritschel
Class. Quantum Grav. 27 (2010) 084026, P0900258.
- High Precision Optical Cavity Length and Width Measurement Using Double Modulation
A. Staley, D. Hoak, A. Effler, K. Izumi, S. Dwyer, K. Kawabe, E.J. King, M. Rakhmanov, R. L. Savage, and D. Sigg,
Optics Express 23 (2015) 19417, P1400184
Data Computing and Storage
Facilities Modifications
Installation
Integrated Testing
- Achieving Resonance in the Advanced LIGO Gravitational-Wave Interferometer
A. Staley, D. Martynov, R. Abbott, R.X. Adhikari, K. Arai, S. Ballmer, L. Barsotti, A.F. Brooks, R.T. DeRosa, S. Dwyer, A. Effler, M. Evans, P. Fritschel, V.V. Frolov, C. Gray, C.J. Guido, R. Gustafson, M. Heintze, D. Hoak, K. Izumi, K. Kawabe, E.J. King, J.S. Kissel, K. Kokeyama, M. Landry, D.E. McClelland, J. Miller, A. Mullavey, B. O'Reilly, J.G. Rollins, J.R. Sanders, R.M.S. Schofield, D. Sigg, B.J.J. Slagmolen, N.D. Smith-Lefebvre, G. Vajente, R.L. Ward, and C. Wipf
Class. and Quantum Grav., Class. Quantum Grav. 31 (2014) 245010, P1400105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/31/24/245010
- Observation of Parametric Instability in Advanced LIGO
M. Evans, S. Gras, P. Fritschel, J. Miller, L. Barsotti, D. Martynov, A. Brooks, D. Coyne, R. Abbott, R.X. Adhikari, K. Arai, R. Bork, B. Kells, J. Rollins, N. Smith-Lefebvre, G. Vajente, H. Yamamoto, C. Adams, S Aston, J. Betzweiser, V. Frolov, A. Mullavey, A. Pele, and Romie, Janeen and Thomas, Michael and Thorne, Keith and Dwyer, Sheila and Izumi, Kiwamu and Kawabe, Keita and Sigg, Daniel and Derosa, Ryan and Effler, Anamaria and Kokeyama, Keiko and Ballmer, Stefan and Massinger, Thomas J. and Staley, Alexa and Heinze, Matthew and Mueller, Chris and Grote, Hartmut and Ward, Robert and King, Eleanor and Blair, David and Ju, Li and Zhao, Chunnong
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, (2015) 161102, P1400254
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.161102
Automation
Simulation
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