The LTP interferometer and phasemeter
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1 Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut), Callinstrasse 38, D-30167 Hannover, Germany 2 ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands 3 Astrium GmbH, 88039 Friedrichshafen, Germany 4 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 5 Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Chilton, UK 6 University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 7 Universität Hannover, Institut für Atomund Molekülphysik, Callinstrasse 38, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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