gravitational reference sensor technology …...2017/03/06 · john w. conklin, pendulum, march...
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Gravitational reference sensor technology development for LISA
John W. Conklin*, Andrew Chilton, Taiwo Olatunde, Stephen Apple, Samantha Parry Michael Aitken, Brandon Bickerstaff, Giacomo Ciani, Guido Mueller University of Florida, [email protected]
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LISA Gravitational Reference Sensor
*F. Antonucci et al (2011)
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UF Torsion Pendulum
Simplified inertial sensor
Hollow PM
1 m, 50 µm diam. W fiber
Positioning stages
Eddy current damper
Vacuum system (2×10–6 mbar)
Electrostatic shields
• Follows 4TM Trento pendulum • Fiber supports cross bar with
4 hollow TMs (rotation → translation) • Light weight (0.46 kg) Al structure
reduces needed fiber diameter • Measures surface forces
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UF Torsion Pendulum
Simplified inertial sensor
Hollow PM
1 m, 50 µm diam. W fiber
Positioning stages
Eddy current damper
Vacuum system (2×10–6 mbar)
Electrostatic shields
• Follows 4TM Trento pendulum • Fiber supports cross bar with
4 hollow TMs (rotation → translation) • Light weight (0.46 kg) Al structure
reduces needed fiber diameter • Measures surface forces
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UF Torsion Pendulum
Simplified inertial sensor
Hollow PM
1 m, 50 µm diam. W fiber
Positioning stages
Eddy current damper
Vacuum system (2×10–6 mbar)
Electrostatic shields
• Follows 4TM Trento pendulum • Fiber supports cross bar with
4 hollow TMs (rotation → translation) • Light weight (0.46 kg) Al structure
reduces needed fiber diameter • Measures surface forces
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Inside the Chamber
Simplified Electrode Housing
𝜑 = 𝑥1 − 𝑥222.2 cm
𝑋 = 𝑥1 + 𝑥2
2
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AC Capacitive Readout & DC Actuation
PC
DAC
ADC Demod/ processing
Preamp Diff. amp
TM
100 kHz injection
DC Amp (10/250 V)
DC actuation
NCO: 100 kHz
φ
φ+π/2
To DAC From ADC
CIC Q
I
FPGA-side Host-side
Output
θ
Q’ R(θ ) I’
CIC
Preamp
• Typical Sensitivity: 30 nm/Hz1/2
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Interferometer Readout • Polarization multiplexed Mach-Zehnder interferometer
measures differential displacement of two test masses • Light delivered by fiber feedthrough • Recombined beam sensed outside chamber (free-space) • Typical sensitivity:
0.5 nm/Hz1/2
External bench
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Pendulum Angle Time-series
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X Spectrum
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ϕ Spectrum
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Torque Impulses in ϕ
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Torque Impulses
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Acceleration Noise vs. Limits
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Pendulum Performance vs. LISA
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LISA Pathfinder-like GRS • Internal geometry equivalent to Pathfinder • 3 UV light injection ports • Prototype: Aluminum + PEEK • Integrated into pendulum
in summer
UV injector (Ti ferrule + UV fiber + SMA connector)
Electrode housing metrology frame
Sensing/Actuation electrodes
Injection electrodes
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UV LED-based Charge Control
240 nm LED
250 nm LED
Au WF Hg line
Fiber-coupled UV LEDs (SETi)
• TM charges due to release after launch & cosmic rays (~50 e/s)
• Charge increases electrostatic stiffness & interacts with E fields
• TM Charge control via UV photoemission demoed by GP-B
• UV LEDs are attractive alternate to Hg lamps
• 240 ± 10 nm UV LED < Au work function 243 nm
• ~10x reduction in SWaP (~150 mW in → 25 µW out)
• Enables AC charge control
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UV LED-based Charge Management System • Electronics driver
• DC, AC, PWM current source with external reference
• Thermo-electric cooler (TEC) driver
• Fiber coupler houses
• UV LED (240 nm)
• Mode-matching optics
• TEC
• 0.6 mm diam UV fiber
• UV light injector
Copper TEC-LED thermal interface
LED-lens-fiber ferrule mount
UV LED driver & fiber coupler, v1.0
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DC Charge Control on Pendulum • Applied AC field drives pendulum with amplitude q • Illuminating the housing drives electrons to the TM • Illuminating the TM drives electrons to the housing • Bi-polar charge
control demoed, but not well balanced (–2 V < q < 1 V)
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• # liberated electrons / # incident photons (typ. ~10–5 for Au) • Drives charge control performance (want R < QE1/QE2 < R –1) • Measurement technique:
• Fiber-coupled UV LEDs illuminate coated sample • Samples (-9 V), sphere (+9 V) • Picoammeter measures current flow from sample to sphere • Vacuum: < 10–5 Torr
QE Measurements
UV-LED
Au sample inside integrating sphere
UV fiber
picoammeter
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Improved Consistency with Bake-out Thanks to discussions with ICL
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Plans
• April-May: Test AC charge control with v2.0 electronics
• May-August: Integrate LPF-like GRS
• May-August: v3.0 driver electronics
• Fall 2017: Test AC charge control with LPF-like GRS
• Down the road: Continuous charge control tests