Photon Calibrator Subsystem
The design requirements document is written and available for review here.
These requirements are based primarily on the Systems design requirements specified by Peter Fritschel’s global actuation analysis.
The conceptual design document is written and available for review here.
Here you can find a rudimentary analysis of the science needs and potential designs composed by Mike Zucker.
New! A PowerPoint presentation of the responses to the design review comments is available here.
A prototype of the photon drive system was built and tested on the 40-meter interferometer at Caltech in 2001 by a pair of SURF students, Aiden Crook and Thomas Essinger-Hileman, supervised by Mike Smith.
Thomas Essinger-Hileman’s report
The Preliminary Design phase follows the Design Requirements Review and culminates in a Preliminary Design Review.
You may download the presentation for the April 17, 2007 calibration telecon here. Or, in PDF format here.
Last modified April 16, 2007 by Phil Willems.