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Mitigating effects of nonlinearities in homodyne quadrature interferometers

Johannes Lehmann, Artem Basalaev, Jonathan J. Carter +12

Homodyne Quadrature interferometers (HoQI) are an interferometric displacement sensing scheme proven to have excellent noise performance, making them a strong candidate for sensing…

physics.ins-det2025

Testing Compact, Fused Silica Resonator Based Inertial Sensors in a Gravitational Wave Detector Prototype Facility

J J Carter, P Birckigt, J Lehmann +15

Future gravitational wave observatories require significant advances in all aspects of their seismic isolation; inertial sensors being a pressing example. Inertial sensors using gr…

physics.ins-det2024★ 11 cited

High Precision Inertial Sensors on a One Inch Diameter Optic

Jonathan J Carter, Pascal Birckigt, Oliver Gerberding +1

Compact, high-precision inertial sensors are needed to isolate many modern physics experiments from disturbances caused by seismic motion. We present a novel inertial sensor whose…

physics.ins-det2023★ 6 cited

Designing Gram-Scale Resonators for Precision Inertial Sensors

Jonathan J. Carter, Pascal Birckigt, Oliver Gerberding +1

Recent advances in glass fabrication technology have allowed for the development of high-precision inertial sensors in devices weighing in the order of grams. Gram-scale inertial s…

physics.ins-det2022★ 1 cited

An Experiment to Test the Mechanical Losses of Different Bonding Techniques in Fused Silica

Jonathan J. Carter, Pascal Birckigt, Oliver Gerberding +4

High-purity glasses are used for their low optical and mechanical loss, which makes them an excellent material for oscillators in optical systems, such as inertial sensors. Complex…