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

Buchler, Benjamin; Chow, Jong; Chua, Sheon; Inta, Ra; Lam, Ping Koy; McClelland, David; Miller, John; Nguyen, Thanh; Scott, Susan M; Shaddock, Daniel; Slagmolen, Bram; Stefszky, Michael; Stochino, Alberto; Wade, Andrew; Ward, Robert; Bartos, I; Beyersdorf, P T; Braginsky, V; Brau, J E; Byer, Robert L; Charlton, Philip; Coward, D; Dhurandhar, S; Dumas, J-C; Finn, Lee; Abbott, T; Factourovich, M; Frei, Z; Giaime, J; Greenhalgh, R. J. S.; Gustafson, R; Hammer, D; Hewitson, M; Howell, E; Meadors, G.D.; Melatos, Andrew; Mitrofanov, V P; Owen, Benjamin; Penn, S; Riles, K; Sammut, L; Sathyaprakash, B; Saulson, P; Schofield, R; Sintes, A; Souradeep, T; Strigin, S; Summerscales, T.Z.; Susmithan, S; Unnikrishnan, C S; Veitch, Peter John; Waldman, S; Wang, Xiaofeng; Whiting, B F

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

Date

2013

Authors

Buchler, Benjamin

Chow, Jong

Chua, Sheon

Inta, Ra

Lam, Ping Koy

McClelland, David

Miller, John

Nguyen, Thanh

Scott, Susan M

Shaddock, Daniel

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Abstract

Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of Earth-based gravitational wave observatories1-4 is seeking to directly detect this faint radiation using precision laser interferometry. Photon shot