Quantum Enhancement of a 4 Km Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Detector

By Sheon Chua

Book Overview

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Gravitational Waves and the Quest for their Direct Detection.- Quantum Optics and Light.- Quantum Noise in Gravitational -Wave Detectors and Applied Squeezed States.- Squeezed State Generation for Gravitational-wave Detection.- The Doubly Resonant, Travelling- Wave Squeezed Light Source.- Backscatter Tolerance of a travelling-wave Optical Parametric Oscillator.- Overview of the LIGO Squeezed Light Injection Experiment.- Squeezing-enhancement of a 4km LIGO gravitational-wave detector.- Backscattered-light Impact in a Squeezing-enhanced Gravitational-Wave Detector.- Results Summary, Recommendations and Future Work.- Quantum noise and squeezing in Dual-recycled Michelson Interferometers.- Initial analysis and repair of the Enhanced LIGO H1 Output Mode Cleaner.- Supplementary Information for the Backscatter-light Experiments at LIGO.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319367021
• ISBN13: 9783319367026
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"