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Possible research topics for graduate students and postdocs

Contents

  1. Possible research topics for graduate students and postdocs
    1. Main Interferometer related
    2. Vibration isolation related
    3. Cryogenics related
      1. Thermal Noise
      2. Cryogenics
    4. Physical Environment Monitoring related
    5. Calibration related
    6. Data Management related
    7. Input & Output Optics related
    8. Laser related
    9. Auxiliary Optics related
    10. Digital System related
    11. Detector Characterization related
    12. Mirror related

Thermal Noise

  • Mechanical Q measurement (sapphire fiber, blade spring, bonding, coatings, ...)
  • Evaluation of sapphire suspension thermal noise
  • Evaluation of thermal noise of integrated cryo-payload
  • Design of new sapphire blade spring
  • Measurement of violin mode of sapphire suspension fibers and their subtraction from data

Cryogenics

  • Development of high-sensitivity local displacement sensor at low temperature
  • Development of frosting removal on mirror by using CO2 laser or heater
  • Evaluation of low-magnetism black-coating (optical absorption at 1064nm ...)
  • Optical absorption measurement of sapphire mirror at low temperature
  • Development of non-contact temperature measurement method of mirror

KAGRA/KSC/EducationTraining/ResearchTopics (last edited 2021-04-12 23:25:37 by terrence.tsang)