Jamney and Chetan helped build and commission a new measurement system (vacuum nodal suspension set up) for characterising the mechanical dissipation in optical coatings at the University of Strathclyde . As part of this, they became familiar with mechanical ringdown techniques and the related analysis to calculate the thermal noise performance of potential coating materials for future gravitational wave detectors.  

 

Chetan then traveled to the University of Sheffield to continue the work started by Thejas to develop a laser stabilization system, becoming familiar with how the system works as well as to how to set up from scratch.

 

 

First published: 23 January 2022

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