Title :
Analysis of parametric oscillatory instability in power recycled LIGO interferometer
Author :
Braginsky, Vladimir B. ; Strigin, Sergey E. ; Vyatchanin, Sergey P.
Author_Institution :
Moscow State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
We present the analysis of a nonlinear effect of parametric oscillatory instability in power recycled LIGO interferometer with Fabry-Perot cavities in the arms. The basis for this effect is the excitation of the additional Stokes optical mode and the mirror elastic mode when the optical energy stored in the main Fabry-Perot cavity mode exceeds the certain threshold. We demonstrate that in the resonance case the parametric oscillatory instability will take place at the energy stored in the cavity of about five orders smaller than one planned for LIGO-II interferometer. The presence of anti-Stokes modes can depress parametric oscillatory instability. However, it is very likely that the anti-Stokes modes will not compensate the parametric instability completely because of the existence of the mode combinations which interact with each other quite strongly.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot interferometers; mirrors; nonlinear optics; optical parametric oscillators; Fabry-Perot cavities; LIGO interferometer; Stokes optical mode; antiStokes modes; mirror elastic mode; parametric oscillatory instability; power recycling; Fabry-Perot; Frequency; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Q factor; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers, 2005. Proceedings of CAOL 2005. Second International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9130-6
DOI :
10.1109/CAOL.2005.1553979