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Numerical Simulations of Arm-locking for Taiji Space Gravitational Waves Detection

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The laser frequency stabilization is one of the most important key technologies for the interferometer measurement system of space gravitational waves detection. As a proposed frequency stabilization technique, the scheme of arm-locking is to convert the stability of interferometer arm-length into the stability of laser frequency. Some numerical simulations of arm-locking for Taiji mission were investigated in the paper. Meanwhile, an innovative controller consisted of a compensation filter and two-stage integrators in parallel was presented to suppress the laser frequency noise without increasing gain and prevent the high gain from suppressing the gravitational waves signal. The single arm-locking simulation results showed that the laser noise of closed loop was lower than 3.19 μm/√Hz@10 mHz only in the frequency range of 0.1 mHz – 0.03 Hz. But the dual arm-locking simulation results showed that the laser noise of closed loop was lower than 3.19 μm/√Hz@10 mHz in the full frequency range of 0.1 mHz – 1 Hz, meeting the requirement of Taiji mission. Preliminary results represented the feasibility and effectiveness of arm-locking on laser frequency stabilization for the Taiji mission.

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This work was supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No.2018024, and the National Science Foundation of China, Grant No.61575209, and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No. XDB23030200.

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Liu, H., Li, Y. & Jin, G. Numerical Simulations of Arm-locking for Taiji Space Gravitational Waves Detection. Microgravity Sci. Technol. 33, 41 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12217-021-09875-7

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