Analysis of parametric oscillatory instability in signal recycled LIGO interferometer

The basis of undesirable effect of parametric oscillatory instability in signal recycled LIGO interferometer is the excitation of the additional (Stokes) optical mode with frequency omega₁ and the mirror elastic mode with frequency omega_m, when optical energy stored in the main mode with frequency omega₀ exceeds the certain threshold and the frequencies are related as omega₀ ap omega₁ + omega_m. We analyze parametric instability in the general case when eigen frequencies of Fabry-Perot (FP) cavities in arms of interferometer are detuned from each other and show that parametric instability in this interferometer is relatively small due to small bandwidth of interferometer. We propose to ldquoscanrdquo the frequency range where parametric instability may take place by varying the position of signal recycling mirror.