The 10m AEI prototype facility A brief overview
Tobias Westphal, Gerald Bergmann, Alessandro Bertolini, Michael Born,, Yanbei Chen, Alan V Cumming, Liam Cunningham, Katrin Dahl, Christian Graef,, Giles Hammond, Gerhard Heinzel, Stefan Hild, Sabina Huttner, Russel Jones,, Fumiko Kawazoe, Sina Koehlenbeck, Gerrit Kuehn

TL;DR
The AEI 10m prototype interferometer is a sophisticated experimental setup designed to explore quantum measurement limits and macroscopic quantum mechanics using advanced laser and isolation techniques.
Contribution
This paper introduces the design and construction overview of the AEI 10m prototype interferometer facility, focusing on its potential for quantum measurement experiments.
Findings
Facility under construction with planned low-noise environment
High power laser and suspended test masses for quantum noise experiments
Future detailed subsystem technical reports planned
Abstract
The AEI 10 m prototype interferometer facility is currently being constructed at the Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover, Germany. It aims to perform experiments for future gravitational wave detectors using advanced techniques. Seismically isolated benches are planned to be interferometrically interconnected and stabilized, forming a low-noise testbed inside a 100 m^3 ultra-high vacuum system. A well-stabilized high power laser will perform differential position readout of 100 g test masses in a 10 m suspended arm-cavity enhanced Michelson interferometer at the crossover of measurement (shot) noise and backaction (quantum radiation pressure) noise, the so-called Standard Quantum Limit (SQL). Such a sensitivity enables experiments in the highly topical field of macroscopic quantum mechanics. In this article we introduce the experimental facility and describe the methods employed,…
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