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Power recycling; Shot noise; Michelson interferometer; Gravitational-wave detector
Abstract:
Experimental realization of power recycling in an interferometer with 30 m arm-length and suspended optical components has been achieved. The power-recycling factor was about 300, corresponding to a light power of more than 100 W impinging on the beam splitter. A new concept was used to acquire simultaneous lock of the power-recycling cavity to resonance and of the Michelson phase difference to a dark fringe.