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Stebbins, R.

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NASA NTRS2010

Characterization of Photoreceivers for LISA

LISA will use quadrant photo receivers as front-end devices for the phase meter measuring the motion of drag-free test masses in both angular orientation and separation. We have set up a laboratory testbed for the characterization of photo receivers. Some of the limiting noise sources have been identified and their contribution has been either measured or determined from the measured data. We have built a photo receiver with a 0.5 mm diameter quadrant photodiode with an equivalent input noise of better than 1.8 pA/(square root of)Hz below 20 MHz and a 3 dB bandwidth of 34 MHz.

Cervantes, F. Guzman↗

NASA NTRS1998

Gravitational Wave Frequency Range for the LISA Mission

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Gravitational Wave Frequency LISA Laser Interferom↗

NASA NTRS1998

Possible Use of a Narrow-field Star Tracker on the New Millennium SSI Mission

A Separated Spacecraft Interferometer (SSI) Demonstration Mission with three spacecraft has been proposed for flight under the NASA New Millennium Technology Development Program.

separated↗

NASA NTRS1998

A Three-Spacecraft Mission Design for LISA

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interferometers↗

NASA NTRS1994

Thermal Stability Analysis for a Heliocentric Gravitational Radiation Detection Mission

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission is designed for detailed studies of low-frequency gravitational radiation. The mission is currently a candidate for ESA's post-Horizon 2000 program. Thermal noise affects the measurement in at least two ways. Thermal variation of the length of the optical cavity to which the lasers are stabilized introduces phase variations in the interferometer signal, which have to be corrected for by using data from the two arms separately.

Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LISA gravitatio↗