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Status of the advanced LIGO laserO. Puncken, L. Winkelmann, C. Veltkamp,
B. Schulz, S. Wagner, P. Weßels, M. Frede, D. Kracht
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Content
• Setup
• Status in October 2007• Current status• Characterization work
– Crystals– Mirrors– Diodes
• System improvement / outlook– Crystal cooling
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Advanced LIGO PSL: high power laser
mediumpowerstage
highpowerstage
NPRO
referencecavity
AOM
pre-modecleaner
to interferometer
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Setup
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Setup
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Adv. LIGO electronics
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Start-up behavior
Complete system started and locked after 3 min !status 10/07
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Beam quality
• Output power: 180.5 W
• 91.5% (~165 W) in TEM00
status 10/07
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53h test run
Relock events
status 10/07
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Current status
• ≈ 174 W at 4 x 185 W pump power
• 91 % in TEM00
• DC noise ≈ 5% (not changed)
• Typical relock time < 50 ms (not changed)
• Startup: complete system started after 3 min
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Doping of the crystals
• Nd:YAG crystals, 40mm 0.1 at % doped region / 7mm undoped endcap– Doping specifications 0.1 at. % +/- 0.01 at. %
• Actual incoming from different vendors:– ~ 0.1 – 0.13 at %– Doping gradient over crystal length
different thermal optical effects !
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Integrated fluorescence
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Integrated fluorescence
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Spot diameters from integrated fluorescence
Crystals are slightly different doped Characterization of the incoming crystals
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Incoming inspection of the components
• Since small qualitative differences seem to have a big effect, this is the only way to guarantee the reproducibility of the system !
• Development of characterization facilities for– Crystals– Mirrors and lenses– Pump diodes
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Crystal characterization
• so far: longitudinal measurement of the fluorescence • upcoming: transversal measurement of the absorption Direct measurement of the doping concentration Possibility of „scanning“ the crystal to find doping
gradients
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Mirror characterisation
NPRO
/2 /4
/4
PBS
PBS
PD1
PD2
automated polarimeter polarization analysis software
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Diode characterisation
• Automated test facility for measuring– Slope– Spectral FWHM at
different currents– Spectrum at different
currents– Peak wavelength– Threshold– Operating current for
45 W optical output
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Content
• Setup• Status in October 2007• Status now• Characterization work
– Crystals– Mirrors– Diodes
• System improvement / outlook– Crystal cooling
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Improvements: new pump chambers
• More homogeneous cooling at the crystal surface ?
• Higher cooling efficiency ?
• Less acoustic noise ?
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Improvements: new pump chambers
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Improvements: new pump chambers
• Calculated thermal lens for old chamber: 0.027 dpt/W• Calculated thermal lens for new chamber: 0.025 dpt/W
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Test setup
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Improvements: new pump chambers
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Summary
• System runs with lower output power and more pump power than 6 month before
• Reason: probably lower doped crystals
• We have to take care that all incoming components are well characterized and of the same high quality
• Ideas on system improvement (pump chambers) are going to be checked
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Thank you for your attention !
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Improvements: non-conventional cut crystals
+ good birefringence compensation with quarz rotators(adv. LIGO laser: output power: 170 W cw, linear polarized; depolarized power: 1W)
- Additional components inside the resonator (Absorption/thermal effects/losses, spots)
- Sensitive adjustment0° 5° 7°
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Improvement: non-conventional cut crystals
• Reduction of birefringence is possible by use of crystals, which are cut in [100]- or [110]-direction instead of [111]-direction1)
• Birefringence depends on the angle between crystal-axis and polarization-axis
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1) I. Shoji et al: Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol. 80, No. 17, 29 April 2002
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Improvements: pump combiners
• 7x200µm input : 1• up to 700 W input
power• transfer efficiency >
93%
Source: ITF
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Integrated fluorescence
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1E-6
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RIN
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Frequency (Hz)
RIN (unstabilized, locked laser)
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Spots on surfaces and coatings
• Spots on coatings and optical components knocked out the system several times
Bring as few dust as possible to the laser table
Check quality of incoming components
ca. 150 µm