Future Work Further work is necessary to de-bug the vacuum measurements. The first attempts should include securing the optical fiber cables, and keeping the vacuum pump constantly on. The latter approach would also need to take into account subduing the movement it causes, possibly by moving the pump into another room and feeding the tube through a box of sand. Once the interferometer can resolve angular movements on the order of nanoradians, we will replace the rotational stage with the test mass pendulum. Lastly, we must record the total noise contributions from each component of the interferometer. Acknowledgements I would like to thank Bill Weber for the time and effort he put into getting me acclimated, giving me direction and answering all my questions and Hai-Bo Tu for his patience and guidance throughout the summer. Also, the Universit’a di Trento for hosting me, the University of Florida and the NSF for funding my research experience.
Future Work Further work is necessary to de-bug the vacuum measurements. The first attempts should include securing the optical fiber cables, and keeping the vacuum pump constantly on. The latter approach would also need to take into account subduing the movement it causes, possibly by moving the pump into another room and feeding the tube through a box of sand. Once the interferometer can resolve angular movements on the order of nanoradians, we will replace the rotational stage with the test mass pendulum. Lastly, we must record the total noise contributions from each component of the interferometer. Acknowledgements I would like to thank Bill Weber for the time and effort he put into getting me acclimated, giving me direction and answering all my questions and Hai-Bo Tu for his patience and guidance throughout the summer. Also, the Universit’a di Trento for hosting me, the University of Florida and the NSF for funding my research experience.
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