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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,202 Views
17 Pages

Design and Construction of the Optical Bench Interferometer for the Taiji Program

  • Wei Tao,
  • Xiaoqin Deng,
  • Yuqing Diao,
  • Ruihong Gao and ,
  • Keqi Qi,
  • Shaoxin Wang,
  • Ziren Luo,
  • Wei Sha and
  • Heshan Liu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

13 November 2023

A kind of full-function two-sided optical bench interferometer (OBI) is designed to meet the practical requirements of the Taiji Program for space gravitational wave detection. The main optical paths are arranged on the A-side for transmission and in...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,990 Views
18 Pages

Study on the Effect of Micro-Force Perturbations and Temperature Fluctuation on Interferometer for the Taiji Program

  • Juan Wang,
  • He-Shan Liu,
  • Chao Yang,
  • Ke-Qi Qi and ,
  • Zi-Ren Luo and
  • Ran Yang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

24 December 2023

To increase the interferometric measurement resolution in the Taiji program, we present a noise suppression method in this paper. Taking the specific micro-force perturbation and temperature fluctuation in the Taiji-1 interferometer as an example, we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advance of Optical Measurement Based on Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,022 Views
14 Pages

Enhanced Detection Precision of the Taiji Program by Frequency Setting Strategy Based on a Hierarchical Optimization Algorithm

  • Jiafeng Zhang,
  • Zhen Yang,
  • Xiaoshan Ma,
  • Xiaodong Peng and ,
  • Chen Gao,
  • Mengyuan Zhao and
  • Wenlin Tang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 November 2023

For space-based gravitational wave detection, a laser interferometric measurement system composed of a three-spacecraft formation offers the most rewarding bandwidth of astrophysical sources. There are no oscillators available that are stable enough...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advance of Optical Measurement Based on Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,209 Views
15 Pages

Research on Semi-Physical Simulation Testing of Inter-Satellite Laser Interference in the China Taiji Space Gravitational Wave Detection Program

  • Yikun Wang,
  • Lingqiang Meng,
  • Xuesen Xu,
  • Yu Niu and ,
  • Keqi Qi,
  • Wei Bian,
  • Qiujie Yang,
  • Heshan Liu,
  • Jianjun Jia and
  • Jianyu Wang
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

26 August 2021

To guarantee a smooth in-orbit space gravitational wave detection for the Taiji mission, a semi-physical simulation test of inter-satellite laser interference is carried out. The semi-physical simulation test consists of three aspects: the establishm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,242 Views
15 Pages

11 October 2023

The support structure between payloads is an important part of a space gravitational wave detection satellite, and its thermal stability will directly affect the interferometer’s measurement accuracy. However, due to temperature changes, the co...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
298 Views
20 Pages

3 October 2026

The question of activity and stillness (dongjing 動靜) is central to Song–Ming interpretations of the Yijing. Zhou Dunyi’s Taijitu shuo 太極圖說 established the basic framework of Confucian cosmology wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Yijing's Cosmology–Divination–Ethics Continuum: The Sacred Intercourse of Yin-Yang and the Manifestation of Tian-Di)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,130 Views
24 Pages

A Systematic Approach for Inertial Sensor Calibration of Gravity Recovery Satellites and Its Application to Taiji-1 Mission

  • Haoyue Zhang,
  • Peng Xu,
  • Zongqi Ye,
  • Dong Ye and ,
  • Li-E Qiang,
  • Ziren Luo,
  • Keqi Qi,
  • Shaoxin Wang,
  • Zhiming Cai and
  • Yueliang Wu
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

31 July 2023

High-precision inertial sensors or accelerometers can provide references for free-falling motion in gravitational fields in space. They serve as the key payloads for gravity recovery missions such as CHAMP, the GRACE-type missions, and the planned Ne...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue GRACE for Earth System Mass Change: Monitoring and Measurement)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,669 Views
18 Pages

Parameter Design for Inter-Satellite Laser Link Acquisition Under Weak Light Conditions

  • Mengyang Zhao,
  • Jia Shen,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Pan Li and ,
  • Ruihong Gao and
  • Ziren Luo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

20 February 2025

For the Taiji program or other LISA-like space-based gravitational wave (GW) detection missions, establishing laser links is a prerequisite for entering the normal science mode. There has been a lack of in-depth research on inter-satellite link acqui...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,054 Views
12 Pages

11 December 2022

Space-based gravitational wave detection programs, such as the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) or Taiji program, obtain gravitational wave signals by measuring the change in the distance between three satellites by laser. The telescope is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,577 Views
17 Pages

Research on High-Precision Resonant Capacitance Bridge Based on Multiple Transformers

  • Xin Liu,
  • Yuzhu Chen,
  • Longqi Wang,
  • Tao Yu and ,
  • Zhi Wang,
  • Ke Xue,
  • Yanlin Sui and
  • Yongkun Chen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

14 June 2024

The Taiji program is dedicated to the detection of middle and low-frequency gravitational waves, targeting the 0.1 mHz to 1 Hz frequency band. The project requires an acceleration residual sensitivity of 3 × 10−15 ms−2/Hz1/2, which...

(This article belongs to the Collection Inertial Sensors and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,147 Views
9 Pages

Method to Remove Tilt-to-Length Coupling Caused by Interference of Flat-Top Beam and Gaussian Beam

  • Ya Zhao,
  • Zhi Wang,
  • Yupeng Li,
  • Chao Fang and ,
  • Heshan Liu and
  • Huilong Gao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 October 2019

We discuss the tilt-to-length (TTL) coupling noise caused by interference between a flat-top beam and a Gaussian beam. Several physical models are presented to research the effects of non-diffracted and diffracted beams on TTL noise. A special case t...

(This article belongs to the Collection Optical Design and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,261 Views
26 Pages

15 April 2024

Temperature fluctuations affect the performance of high-precision gravitational reference sensors. Due to the limited space and the complex interrelations among sensors, it is not feasible to directly measure the temperatures of sensor heads using te...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Inertial Sensors: Advances, Challenges and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,239 Views
26 Pages

11 April 2025

This study explores the application of Eastern philosophy in craft innovation education, identifying opportunities for interdisciplinary learning. Drawing on the I Ching and Laozi’s thought, it examines human needs in craft across three dimensi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,834 Views
15 Pages

Research and Optimization of High-Performance Front-End Circuit Noise for Inertial Sensors

  • Yuzhu Chen,
  • Xin Liu,
  • Longqi Wang,
  • Tao Yu and ,
  • Zhi Wang,
  • Ke Xue,
  • Yanlin Sui and
  • Yongkun Chen
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

26 January 2024

An inertial sensor is a crucial payload in China’s Taiji program for space gravitational wave detection. The performance of the capacitive displacement sensing circuit in the low-frequency band (0.1 mHz to 1 Hz) is extremely important because i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Inertial Sensors: Advances, Challenges and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,876 Views
16 Pages

7 June 2024

The three spacecraft of the space gravitational wave antenna employ heterodyne interferometry to mitigate the effects of Doppler shift. Constrained by laser relative intensity noise (RIN) and the sampling frequency constraints of phase readout circui...

(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)