Optical mode cleaner with suspended mirrors.
We report on the development of a new type of mode cleaner that reduces any geometric noise of the laser beam in an interferometric gravitational-wave detector. The mode cleaner is a Fabry-Perot cavity that comprises independently suspended mirrors and works as a frequency-stabilization reference as well as a mode selector; the length of the cavity is 1 m. Stand-alone tests have shown at least a 30-dB reduction in the geometric fluctuation of the beam and a 60-dB reduction of the frequency noise of the laser. We have also succeeded in operating a 20-m Fabry-Perot prototype detector (at the National Astronomical Observatory, Tokyo, Japan) by using this mode cleaner.
Araya
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Mio
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Tsubono
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Suehiro
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Telada
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Ohashi
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Fujimoto
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