Advances in LIGO Instrumentation and Control

Presentations

• Enhanced FROSTI Design for Integration into LIGO

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 1:45 PM – March 19, 2025, 1:57 PM

  Presenters

  • Xuesi Ma

    University of California, Riverside

  Authors

  • Xuesi Ma

    University of California, Riverside

  • Liu Tao

    University of California, Riverside

  • Huy-Tuong Cao

    LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Mohak Bhattacharya

    University of California, Riverside

  • Peter Carney

    University of California, Riverside

  • Luis M Gutierrez

    University of California, Riverside

  • Luke Johnson

    University of California, Riverside

  • Shane Levin

    University of California, Riverside

  • Cynthia Liang

    University of California, Riverside

  • Michael Padilla

    University of California, Riverside

  • Tyler J Rosauer

    University of California, Riverside

  • Aiden Wilkin

    University of California, Riverside

  • Jonathan Richardson

    University of California, Riverside

  • Aidan F Brooks

    LIGO Laboratory, Caltech

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• Low-loss Faraday isolators at 2 μm – progress and challenges

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 1:57 PM – March 19, 2025, 2:09 PM

  Presenters

  • Rodica M Martin

    Montclair State University

  Authors

  • Rodica M Martin

    Montclair State University

  • Stephanie Montoya

    Montclair State University

  • Renzo Herrera

    Montclair State University

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• A Two-micron Non-planar Ring Oscillator (NPRO) Laser

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 2:09 PM – March 19, 2025, 2:21 PM

  Presenters

  • Nicholas A Johnson

    University of Florida

  Authors

  • Nicholas A Johnson

    University of Florida

  • Luis Diego Bonavena

    University of Florida

  • John Conklin

    University of Florida

  • Mark Storm

    Fibertek, Inc.

  • Doruk Engin

    Fibertek, Inc.

  • Danylo Yakymiv

    Fibertek, Inc.

  • Paul J Fulda

    University of Florida

  • David Burnham Tanner

    University of Florida

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• Analyzing and Characterizing Scattered Light Noise in aLIGO with ARCHGEM

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 2:21 PM – March 19, 2025, 2:33 PM

  Presenters

  • Kaylah B McGowan

    Vanderbilt University

  Authors

  • Kaylah B McGowan

    Vanderbilt University

  • Karan Jani

    Vanderbilt University

  • Chayan Chatterjee

    Vanderbilt University

  • Anjali B. Yelikar

    Vanderbilt University

  • Shania A. Nichols

    SETI Institute

  • Jane Glanzer

    Louisiana State University

  • Kelly Holley-Bockelmann

    Vanderbilt University

  • Gabriela Gonzalez

    Louisiana State University

  • Siddharth Soni

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Brian O'Reilly

    Caltech

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• Transient noise created by scattered light in the LIGO Livingston Observatory

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 2:33 PM – March 19, 2025, 2:45 PM

  Presenters

  • Debasmita Nandi

    Louisiana State University

  Authors

  • Debasmita Nandi

    Louisiana State University

  • Gabriela Gonzalez

    Louisiana State University

  • Anamaria Effler

    Caltech

  • Siddharth Soni

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Mock Setup of Newtonian Calibration Characterization for Laser Interferometry

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 2:45 PM – March 19, 2025, 2:57 PM

  Presenters

  • Brandon Pillon

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Authors

  • Brandon Pillon

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • Joshua Freed

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  • Michele Zanolin

    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott

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• Prospects for High-Frequency Gravitational-Wave Detection with GEO600

  ORAL

  March 19, 2025, 2:57 PM – March 19, 2025, 3:09 PM

  Publication: Jungkind, C., Seymour, B., Laeuger, A., and Chen, Y., (2025, in prep.).

  Presenters

  • Christopher M Jungkind

    Furman University

  Authors

  • Christopher M Jungkind

    Furman University

  • Brian C Seymour

    Caltech

  • Andrew Steven Laeuger

    Caltech

  • Yanbei Chen

    Caltech

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