Optical Cavities for Optical Atomic Clocks, Atom Interferometry and Gravitational-Wave Detection

By Miguel Dovale Álvarez

Book Overview

Atomic clocks, cold atoms and gravitational waves.- Part 1: Cavities for Optical Atomic Clocks.- Thermal-noise-limited room-temperature ULE cavity.- Isolation from external perturbations.- Measuring resonator stability.- Part 2: Cavities for Atom Interferometry.- Cavity atom optics.- Fundamental limitations of cavity-assisted atom interferometry.- Gravitational wave detection with cavity-assisted atom interferometry.- 4-mirror large-waist cavity with tuneable stability for enhanced atom interferometry.- Part 3: Cavities for Gravitational-wave Detection.- Near-unstable cavities for future gravitational wave detectors.- Modelling parametric instabilities at Advanced LIGO and ET.- Summary and conclusions.- Appendix.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030208621
• ISBN13: 9783030208622
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"