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alexan.staley@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:54, Monday 28 April 2014 - last comment - 17:19, Monday 28 April 2014(11611)
EY Cavity Length Measurement

(Daniel, Alexa)

Today we measured the EY cavity length. We repeated the technique described in alog 9626. We ran the measurement three times. And got the following results:

Offset Zero Crossing (MHz) Length (m)
0.0V 24.992280 3994.4690
0.0V 24.992281 3994.4688
-2.5V 24.992277 3994.4695

where the offset refers to the common offset in the PDH REFL servo board. The results of each attempt is plotted respectively. (I have also attached the data and the matlab script that creates the plots and gives the values listed in the above table). This gives:

Zero crossing freq = 24.992280MHz ± 5Hz

EY Arm Cavity Length = 3994.4691m ± .7mm

If we compare this to the result for EX, we find that the cavity lengths differ by 1 ± 1mm. 

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daniel.sigg@LIGO.ORG - 17:19, Monday 28 April 2014 (11613)

The nominal y-arm length according to Jason is 3994.4728 ± 0.004 m, about 3.7 mm off the measured value and well within the error bar.

The x-arm length can be found in alog 9626.

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