Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 54, Issue 2, 0254107(2025)

The Arm Locking Controller Design for Space-based Gravitational Wave Observatories

Yi ZHANG... Mingzhe LI, Tong WANG, Yulin SHEN, Jie YANG and Ming XIN* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    Principle of arm locking (S: spacecraft; PM: phase meter)
    The layered architecture for the design of the arm locking system
    Noise-coupled single arm locking system
    The amplitude responses in the noise-coupled single arm locking system
    Simulation diagram of noise-coupled single arm locking system
    Equivalent phase noise spectral density of different noises in the noise-coupled single arm locking system
    Noise-coupled dual arm locking system
    The amplitude responses in the noise-coupled dual arm locking system
    Simulation diagram of noise-coupled dual arm locking system
    Equivalent phase noise spectral density of different noises in the noise-coupled dual arm locking system
    Noise-coupled common arm locking system
    The amplitude responses in the noise-coupled common arm locking system
    Simulation diagram of noise-coupled common arm locking system
    Equivalent phase noise spectral density of different noises in the noise-coupled common arm locking system
    • Table 1. Noise parameters of simulation

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      Table 1. Noise parameters of simulation

      NoisePhase noise spectral density
      Laser frequency noiseϕf(f)=30Hzf×1+3mHzf4[rad/Hz1/2]
      Clock noiseϕclock(f)=2.4×10-12f3/2×2π×20MHz[rad/Hz1/2]
      Shot noiseϕshot(f)=1.065×10-5[rad/Hz1/2]
      Readout noiseϕread(f)=2π×2×10-121064×10-9×1+2.8mHzf4[rad/Hz1/2]
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    Yi ZHANG, Mingzhe LI, Tong WANG, Yulin SHEN, Jie YANG, Ming XIN. The Arm Locking Controller Design for Space-based Gravitational Wave Observatories[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2025, 54(2): 0254107

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    Paper Information

    Category: Special Issue for Precise Beam Pointing for Space Gravitational Wave Detection

    Received: Apr. 1, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 9, 2024

    Published Online: Mar. 25, 2025

    The Author Email: XIN Ming (xinm@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20255402.0254107

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