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*
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  • School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    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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