Abstract
© 2015 American Physical Society. Parametric instabilities have long been studied as a potentially limiting effect in high-power interferometric gravitational wave detectors. Until now, however, these instabilities have never been observed in a kilometer-scale interferometer. In this Letter, we describe the first observation of parametric instability in a gravitational wave detector, and the means by which it has been removed as a barrier to progress.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 161102-1 - 161102-6 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 114 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |