Abstract
An all metal multistage low frequency vibration isolator for a laser interferometer gravitational wave detector has been built and tested with a very sensitive accelerometer. Curved cantilever springs are used to form a low frequency compact form of isolation element. Near center of mass suspension of the isolation stages reduces cross coupling between orthogonal directions. The isolator has a low-pass corner frequency of 6.5 Hz vertically and 1.8 Hz horizontally. The system shows low temperature coefficients and absence of creep. Results demonstrate that steel curved springs near their elastic limit do not generate broadband acoustic noise at the 10−15 m /√Hz level.
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