Reports until 09:22, Tuesday 05 May 2015
H1 ISC
peter.fritschel@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:22, Tuesday 05 May 2015 (18231)
SRC alignment controls: H1 vs L1

Comparison between the control channels used for the signal recycling cavity (SRC) alignment, H1 and L1:

 

  DoF Sensor Controlled optic
H1 SRC1 AS_B RF36I SRM
SRC2 AS_C DC SR2 & SRM
L1 SRC1 AS_C DC SR2
SRC2 AS_A RF36I SRM

Both IFOs use a AS port, 36 MHz WFS to control SRM alignment, though H1 uses WFS B and L1 uses WFS A. I don't know if this difference is arbitraty or reflects some real difference in sensing. Both IFOs use the AS port QPD, AS_C, to control the alignment of SR2, though H1 also feeds this signal to the SRM, to decouple the action of this loop (SRC2) from the SRC1 loop.

The other thing to notice is that the DoF (degree-of-freedom) naming between the H1 and L1 is swapped. This is just unfortunate and should be fixed.