Sensor noise in LISA Pathfinder: An extensive in-flight review of the angular and longitudinal interferometric measurement system

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird, P Binétruy, M Born… - Physical review D, 2022 - APS
In a previous article, we have reported on the first subpicometer interferometer flown in
space as part of ESA's LISA Pathfinder mission, and have shown the residual sensor noise …

LISA technology and instrumentation

O Jennrich - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This article reviews the present status of the technology and instrumentation for the joint
ESA/NASA gravitational wave detector LISA. It briefly describes the measurement principle …

Beyond the Required LISA Free-Fall Performance: New LISA Pathfinder Results down to

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird, P Binetruy, M Born… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
In the months since the publication of the first results, the noise performance of LISA
Pathfinder has improved because of reduced Brownian noise due to the continued decrease …

Gravitational wave detection with optical lattice atomic clocks

S Kolkowitz, I Pikovski, N Langellier, MD Lukin… - Physical Review D, 2016 - APS
We propose a space-based gravitational wave (GW) detector consisting of two spatially
separated, drag-free satellites sharing ultrastable optical laser light over a single baseline …

Sub-Femto- Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results

M Armano, H Audley, G Auger, JT Baird, M Bassan… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
We report the first results of the LISA Pathfinder in-flight experiment. The results demonstrate
that two free-falling reference test masses, such as those needed for a space-based …

Intersatellite laser ranging instrument for the GRACE follow-on mission

BS Sheard, G Heinzel, K Danzmann, DA Shaddock… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has demonstrated that low–
low satellite-to-satellite tracking enables monitoring the time variations of the Earth's gravity …

[图书][B] Handbook of optical metrology: Principles and Applications

T Yoshizawa - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
The field of optical metrology offers a wealth of both practical and theoretical
accomplishments, and can cite any number of academic papers recording such. However …

[HTML][HTML] 空间激光干涉引力波探测

罗子人, 白姗, 边星, 陈葛瑞, 董鹏, 董玉辉, 高伟… - 力学进展, 2013 - lxjz.cstam.org.cn
为印证广义相对论和开拓引力波天文学窗口, 引力波探测是当前国际研究热点.
本文围绕空间激光干涉引力波探测, 对其科学意义, 发展状况, 关键技术等进行了回顾 …

Sensor Noise in LISA Pathfinder: In-Flight Performance of the Optical Test Mass Readout

M Armano, H Audley, J Baird, P Binetruy, M Born… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We report on the first subpicometer interferometer flown in space. It was part of ESA's Laser
Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission and performed the fundamental …

Charge-induced force noise on free-falling test masses: results from LISA Pathfinder

M Armano, H Audley, G Auger, JT Baird, P Binetruy… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We report on electrostatic measurements made on board the European Space Agency
mission LISA Pathfinder. Detailed measurements of the charge-induced electrostatic forces …