The Enhanced LIGO Output Mode Cleaners

Document #:

LIGO-T080144-v1

Document type:

T - Technical notes

Abstract:

This note describes the Enhanced LIGO output mode cleaner design and construction. Included are the choice of photodiodes, breadboard dimensions and mass, cavity g-factor and Finesse. The appendix collects the as-built data for both the L1 and H1 output mode cleaners.

Files in Document:

• PDF file (T080144-00.pdf, 2.2 MB)

Other Files:

• another version, not blurry (T080144-00NOTBLURRY.pdf, 9.0 MB)

Topics:

• Commissioning
• Sensing and Control

Authors:

• Sam Waldman

Referenced by:

• LIGO-T1000276-v5: Output Mode Cleaner (OMC) Design