Assembling
the HEPI active seismic isolation system
Assembling
a
test mass suspension
Moving
a
test mass suspension
LIGO
scientists work on aligning a Faraday isolator (Credit: D.
Reitze, University of Florida)
Aligning the
laser beam into the vacuum chamber (Credit: D. Reitze, University of
Florida)
'Surfing'
into the vacuum chamber to access a hard-to-reach optical component
Overlooking the input optics
LIGO scientists take a break
LIGO
scientist holding an infrared viewer
LIGO
scientist aligning a delicate small optics suspension tower
LIGO
scientist assembling a laser beam polarizer (Credit: D. Reitze,
University of Florida)
Installation
of e-LIGO input optics at Hanford (Credit: Volker Quetschke,
University of Florida)
LIGO Hanford
control room
Hard at work in the LLO control room (Credit: S. Finn)
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