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Oscillations, Waves, and Interactions - GWDG

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308 Schreiber<br />

Est. Phase Vel. (m/s)<br />

Max Cross−corr. norm.<br />

Rot. rate (rad/s)<br />

4<br />

2<br />

0<br />

0.8<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

0.2<br />

x 10 −8 Event 6 : hokkaido − #268−2003 − T min =10 s<br />

WET<br />

G<br />

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2<br />

x 10 4<br />

Time (s)<br />

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2<br />

x 10 4<br />

15000<br />

Time (s)<br />

10000<br />

5000<br />

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2<br />

x 10 4<br />

0<br />

Time (s)<br />

Figure 28. Top: Observation of rotation rate (upper trace) <strong>and</strong> transverse acceleration<br />

(lower trace) after the mag. 8.1 Tokachi-oki event, 29-9-03. Middle: The cross-correlationcoefficient<br />

in a 30 s sliding window. Note the increase in correlation during the main shock<br />

(>7500 s) <strong>and</strong> aftershock (>13800 s) to almost 1 (perfect match). Bottom: Estimates of<br />

horizontal phase velocities in time windows with good phase match (> 9500 s). Note the<br />

decreasing phase velocities in the Love wave train (e. g., 8000-10000 s, indicative of Love<br />

wave dispersion). This diagram was kindly provided by H. Igel.<br />

This led to the construction of the first cheap stainless steel construction, namely<br />

G0. The only objective was to achieve mono-mode operation. However to the surprise<br />

of everybody, G0 could be operated as a gyroscope comparatively easily. This<br />

achievement laid the foundations for G, the most sophisticated <strong>and</strong> well designed<br />

ring laser of all, shifting the limit of gyroscopic sensor resolution well beyond 1 part<br />

in 10 8 . Encouraged by this result larger <strong>and</strong> larger ring lasers were built, demonstrating<br />

their viability for the application in this new field of high resolution Sagnac<br />

spectroscopy. A lot of technical problems had to be overcome, which in hindsight<br />

appeared to be obvious. Today it seems that G has reached the limit of sensitivity<br />

which is practically possible for a gyroscope attached to the Earth. The sensor<br />

stability has been improved from stable operations at the scale of minutes about 10<br />

years ago up to many days today. As this lane is pursued further more <strong>and</strong> more<br />

geophysical signals with longer periods are expected to become visible, which eventually<br />

may make significant contributions to the field of space geodesy. Furthermore<br />

a number of exciting results from the studies of rotational seismology are expected<br />

from Sagnac gyroscopes.

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