Experimental and data-analysis activities related to the commissioning of the Virgo gravitational-wave detector
Type of contract Traineeship contract for a period of 5 months within the EGO Noise&Controls laboratory in the Interferometer Technology Department, funded by the EGO Consortium. Description The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) hosts and manages the Virgo...
EGO robotized seismic array project
Type of contract Traineeship contract for a period of 5 months in the Interferometer Technology Department, in the Noise&Control Group, funded by the EGO Consortium. Description The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) hosts and manages the Virgo gravitational...
Firmware and software for real-time control applications
Type of contract Traineeship contract for a period of 4 months in the Interferometer Technology Department an in collaboration with INFN Pisa, funded by the EGO Consortium. Description The Virgo interferometer is the most sensitive gravitational-wave detector in...
Firmware and software for real-time control applications
a beam impinging on the Quadrant-Photo-Detectors
In this internship we propose to realize the experimental set up and test the procedure to determine the presence of a stray beam and evaluate the beam size.
Fiber induced optical phase noise mitigation and cancellation
In this frame, in the optics lab of EGO, the student will build an optical set-up (interferometer) able to measure the optical phase noise, artificially inject…
Characterization and mitigation of vibration and
magnetic noise sources for the Virgo GW detector
The study of these sources proceeds through some steps. First, noise of the source is characterized by measuring its propagation through arrays of…
Assembly of Optical components of an EPR
tabletop for broadband Quantum Noise reduction
During this internship, the student will participate to the installation and will be in charge to align and test the optical elements that will be installed on the bench.
Gaussian-beam tracing in 3D
within the EGO Optics laboratory
The present internship will focus on extending the capabilities of the present version of this software and applying it to case studies related to the Virgo…
Development of a portable scatterometer
for in-situ measurements
During this internship, the student will be in charge to complete the device and verify its compliance with the requirements. This will include the…