Modulator noise suppression in the LISA time-delay interferometric combinations

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/25/1/015008zbMATH Open1132.83302arXiv0707.3843OpenAlexW3099635526MaRDI QIDQ5437642FDOQ5437642

Massimo Tinto, F. B. Estabrook, J. W. Armstrong

Publication date: 21 January 2008

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We previously showed how the measurements of some eighteen time series of relative frequency or phase shifts could be combined (1) to cancel the phase noise of the lasers, (2) to cancel the Doppler fluctuations due to non-inertial motions of the six optical benches, and (3) to remove the phase noise of the onboard reference oscillators required to track the photodetector fringes, all the while preserving signals from passinggravitational waves. Here we analyze the effect of the additional noise due to the optical modulators used for removing the phase fluctuations of the onboard reference oscillators. We use a recently measured noise spectrum of an individual modulator to quantify the contribution of modulator noise to the first and second-generation Time-Delay Interferometric (TDI) combinations as a function of the modulation frequency. We show that modulator noise can be made smaller than the expected proof-mass acceleration and optical-path noises if the modulation frequencies are larger than $approx682$ MHz in the case of the unequal-arm Michelson TDI combination $X_1$, $approx1.08$ GHz for the Sagnac TDI combination $alph{a}_1$, and $approx706$ MHz for the symmetrical Sagnac TDI combination $zet{a}_1$. These modulation frequencies are substantially smaller than previously estimated and may lead to less stringent requirements on the LISA's oscillator noise calibration subsystem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3843

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Cited In (7)

• The effects of orbital motion on LISA time delay interferometry
• Data processing for LISA's laser interferometer tracking system (LITS)
• Discrete derivative estimation in LISA Pathfinder data reduction
• A demonstration of LISA laser communication
• Sensitivities of alternate LISA configurations
• The LISA benchtop simulator at the University of Florida
• Time-delay interferometry

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