Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of Earth-based gravitational wave observatories 1-4 is seeking to directly detect this faint radiation using precision laser interferometry. Photon shot noise, due to the quantum nature of light, i...

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Main Authors: Barsotti, Lisa, Biscans, Sebastien, Bodiya, Timothy P., Donovan, Frederick J, Dwyer, S. E., Essick, Reed Clasey, Evans, M., Foley, Stephany, Fritschel, Peter K., Gras, Slawomir, Isogai, Tomoki, Katsavounidis, Erotokritos, Kissel, Jeffrey S., Kwee, Patrick, MacInnis, Myron E, Mason, Kenneth R, Matichard, Fabrice, Mavalvala, Nergis, Mittleman, Richard K, Oelker, Eric Glenn, Sankar, Shannon Reynier, Shoemaker, David H, Vaulin, Ruslan, Vitale, Salvatore, Waldman, Samuel J., Weiss, Rainer, Wipf, Christopher C., Zhang, F., Zucker, Michael E
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121234