Stray light noise in Einstein Telescope arms is predicted to stay below the safety margin in ideal conditions, but beam offsets above 4 to 7 cm, tilts above 8 microradians, or strong point absorbers could breach it.
Measurement of the Stray Light in the Advanced Virgo Input Mode Cleaner Cavity using an instrumented baffle
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A new instrumented baffle was installed in Spring 2021 at Virgo surrounding the suspended mirror in the input mode cleaner triangular cavity. It serves as a demonstrator of the technology designed to instrument the baffles in the main arms in the near future. We present, for the first time, results on the measured scattered light distribution inside the cavity as determined by the new device using data collected between May and July 2021, with Virgo in commissioning phase and operating with an input laser power in the cavity of 28.5~W. The sensitivity of the baffle is discussed and the data is compared to scattered light simulations.
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New modeling of the stray light noise in the main arms of the Einstein Telescope
Stray light noise in Einstein Telescope arms is predicted to stay below the safety margin in ideal conditions, but beam offsets above 4 to 7 cm, tilts above 8 microradians, or strong point absorbers could breach it.