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----- == Preface == This is a draft of the ICD for the LCGT-ISC sub-system. ----- == Sub-System Definition == The role of the Interferometer Sensing and Control (ISC) sub-system is to keep the interferometer at its optimal operation point and extract the gravitational wave signal with low noise. This sub-system can be functionally broken into two parts: Sensing and Control. ---- === Sensing === In order to control the interferometer, we have to know the state of the interferometer. Sensing part of this sub-system defines the methods to extract information about the state of the interferometer. We sort the degrees of freedom (DOFs) of an interferometer into three categories. ==== Length Sensing ==== The word "length" here means the distances between the mirrors. In addition to the geometric lengths, a change in the laser frequency also appears as an apparent change in the lengths for an interferometer. Therefore, the laser frequency is counted as a length here. There are 5 length DOFs to be controlled for a Dual-Recycled Fabry-Perot Michelson Interferometer (DRFPMI). ||Name||Notation||Description|| ||Michelson (MICH)||l-||Differential change of the Michelson arm lengths|| ||Power Recycling Cavity Length (PRCL)||l+||Length of the power recycling cavity|| ||Signal Recycling Cavity Length (SRCL)||ls||Length of the signal recycling cavity|| ||Differential Arm Length (DARM)||L-||Differential change of the arm cavity lengths|| ||Common Arm Length (CARM)||L+||Common change of the arm cavity lengths|| Out of those DOFs, MICH, PRCL and SRCL are called "central part", "short DOFs" or "スモール系". DARM and CARM are called "arm DOFs", "long DOFs" or "ラージ系". CARM is often regarded as being equivalent to the laser frequency variation. DARM contains the gravitational wave signal, so it is the most important DOF. ==== Alignment Sensing ==== In order for a laser beam to properly resonate inside the interferometer, the beam and the mirrors of the interferometer must be aligned well. Alignment sensing is a mechanism to monitor the errors in the alignment. ---- === Control === ----- |
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