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Semblance Distance Analysis for Channel Quality Assessment in Distributed Acoustic Sensing
Reinhardt Rading, Markus Hoffmann, Norbert Meyners +4
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) enables dense, kilometer-scale measurements for seismic and environmental monitoring, but its performance is limited by spatially heterogeneous n…
LIGO A: Detector Design and Science Prospects Beyond A+
L. Sun, K. Kuns, B. J. J. Slagmolen +1153
We present the LIGO A detector concept, an upgrade for the LIGO observatories based on room-temperature interferometers beyond the fifth observing run (O5). Building on th…
Characterization of a Two-Channel Optical and Near-infrared Transition Edge Sensor System for Rare-Event Searches
Manuel Meyer, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Friederike Januschek +5
Transition edge sensors (TESs) are superconducting energy-resolving microcalorimeters that have demonstrated low background rates as well as quantum efficiencies close to unity for…
Any Light Particle Searches with ALPS II: Description of the first science campaign
Aaron D. Spector, Daniel C. Brotherton, Ayman Hallal +23
From February to May of 2024 the Any Light Particle Search II (ALPS II) conducted its first science campaign using the `light-shining-through-a-wall' technique to search for pseudo…
Construction techniques and commissioning of the Three-Backlink Experiment for the LISA mission
Lea Bischof, Melanie Ast, Jiang Ji Ho-Zhang +10
Designed to detect gravitational waves in the lower-frequency band, the space mission LISA will open a new window to astronomy after its launch in the 2030s. Each LISA spacecraft h…
Demonstrating sub-picometer non-reciprocity levels in the Three-Backlink Experiment for LISA
Jiang Ji Ho-Zhang, Melanie Ast, Lea Bischof +9
The current planned space-based gravitational-wave detectors require a bidirectional optical connection, referred to as Backlink, between two adjacent optical benches to provide a…
Any Light Particle Searches with ALPS II: first science results
Daniel C. Brotherton, Zachary R. Bush, Sandy Croatto +37
The light-shining-through-a-wall experiment ALPS II at DESY in Hamburg searched for axions and similar lightweight particles in its first science campaign from February to May 2024…
Distributed Acoustic Fiber Sensing for Research Campuses and Large Scientific Infrastructures -- The Hamburg WAVE proto-network
Oliver Bölt, Luigia Cristiano, Sandy Croatto +17
Here, we demonstrate and investigate how Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) can be utilized on research campuses and in large scientific infrastructures to study environmental vibr…
Binary Classification of Light and Dark Time Traces of a Transition Edge Sensor Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Elmeri Rivasto, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Friederike Januschek +5
The Any Light Particle Search II (ALPS II) is a light shining through a wall experiment probing the existence of axions and axion-like particles using a 1064 nm laser source. While…
First direct search for light dark matter interactions in a transition-edge sensor
Christina Schwemmbauer, Guy Daniel Hadas, Yonit Hochberg +9
We propose the use of transition-edge sensor (TES) single-photon detectors as a simultaneous target and sensor for direct dark matter searches, and report results from the first se…
Simulation and measurement of Black Body Radiation background in a Transition Edge Sensor
José Alejandro Rubiera Gimeno, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Friederike Januschek +6
The Any Light Particle Search II (ALPS II) experiment at DESY, Hamburg, is a Light-Shining-through-a-Wall (LSW) experiment aiming to probe the existence of axions and axion-like pa…
The Science of the Einstein Telescope
Adrian Abac, Raul Abramo, Simone Albanesi +485
Einstein Telescope (ET) is the European project for a gravitational-wave (GW) observatory of third-generation. In this paper we present a comprehensive discussion of its science ob…
Tunable coherence laser interferometry: demonstrating 40dB of straylight suppression and compatibility with resonant optical cavities
Daniel Voigt, Leonie Eggers, Katharina-Sophie Isleif +3
A major limitation of laser interferometers using continuous wave lasers are parasitic light fields, such as ghost beams, scattered or stray light, which can cause non-linear noise…
Simulations for direct dark matter searches using ALPS II's TES detection system
Christina Schwemmbauer, Yonit Hochberg, Katharina-Sophie Isleif +6
Transition Edge Sensors (TES) are superconducting microcalorimeters that can be used for single-photon detection with extremely low backgrounds. When they are within their supercon…
A Cross-Frequency Protective Emblem: Protective Options for Medical Units and Wounded Soldiers in the Context of (fully) Autonomous Warfare
Daniel C. Hinck, Jonas J. Schöttler, Maria Krantz +2
The protection of non-combatants in times of (fully) autonomous warfare raises the question of the timeliness of the international protective emblem. Incidents in the recent past i…
The Any Light Particle Search experiment at DESY
Katharina-Sophie Isleif
The Any Light Particle Search (ALPS~II) is a light shining through a wall (LSW) experiment searching for axion-like elementary particles in the sub-eV mass range, which are motivat…
TES Detector for ALPS II
Rikhav Shah, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Friederike Januschek +2
The application of cryogenic single photon detectors has found great use in high precision particle physics experiments such as ALPS (Any Light Particle Search) II, which implement…
Design of the ALPS II Optical System
M. Diaz Ortiz, J. Gleason, H. Grote +16
The Any Light Particle Search II (ALPS II) is an experiment currently being built at DESY in Hamburg, Germany, that will use a light-shining-through-a-wall (LSW) approach to search…
Compact multi-fringe interferometry with sub-picometer precision
Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Gerhard Heinzel, Moritz Mehmet +1
Deep frequency modulation interferometry combines optical minimalism with multi-fringe readout. Precision however is key for applications such as optical gradiometers for satellite…
Towards the LISA Backlink: Experiment design for comparing optical phase reference distribution systems
Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Lea Bischof, Stefan Ast +11
LISA is a proposed space-based laser interferometer detecting gravitational waves by measuring distances between free-floating test masses housed in three satellites in a triangula…
Laser-Frequency Stabilization via a Quasimonolithic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer with Arms of Unequal Length and Balanced dc Readout
Oliver Gerberding, Katharina-Sophie Isleif, Moritz Mehmet +2
Low frequency high precision laser interferometry is subject to excess laser-frequency-noise coupling via arm-length differences which is commonly mitigated by locking the frequenc…