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| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Pages (from-to) | 613-619 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nature photonics |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
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In: Nature photonics, Vol. 7, No. 8, 2013, p. 613-619.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light
AU - The LIGO Scientific Collaboration
AU - Aasi, J.
AU - Abadie, J.
AU - Abbott, B. P.
AU - Abbott, R.
AU - Abbott, T. D.
AU - Abernathy, M. R.
AU - Adams, C.
AU - Adams, T.
AU - Addesso, P.
AU - Adhikari, R. X.
AU - Affeldt, C.
AU - Aguiar, O. D.
AU - Ajith, P.
AU - Allen, B.
AU - Ceron, E. Amador
AU - Amariutei, D.
AU - Anderson, S. B.
AU - Anderson, W. G.
AU - Danilishin, S. L.
AU - Danzmann, K.
AU - Heurs, M.
AU - Hewitson, M.
AU - Kawazoe, F.
AU - Lück, H.
AU - Pöld, J.
AU - Shaltev, M.
AU - Vahlbruch, H.
AU - Wanner, A.
AU - Willke, B.
AU - Wittel, H.
N1 - Funding information: The authors acknowledge support from the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, and the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for supporting the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector. The authors also acknowledge support for the research, by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages programme of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, the Conselleria d’Economia, Hisenda i Innovació of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of earth-based gravitational wave observatories is seeking to directly detect this faint radiation using precision laser interferometry. Photon shot noise, due to the quantum nature of light, imposes a fundamental limit on the attometer level sensitivity of the kilometer-scale Michelson interferometers deployed for this task. Here we inject squeezed states to improve the performance of one of the detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) beyond the quantum noise limit, most notably in the frequency region down to 150 Hz, critically important for several astrophysical sources, with no deterioration of performance observed at any frequency. With the injection of squeezed states, this LIGO detector demonstrated the best broadband sensitivity to gravitational waves ever achieved, with important implications for observing the gravitational wave Uni- verse with unprecedented sensitivity.
AB - Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of earth-based gravitational wave observatories is seeking to directly detect this faint radiation using precision laser interferometry. Photon shot noise, due to the quantum nature of light, imposes a fundamental limit on the attometer level sensitivity of the kilometer-scale Michelson interferometers deployed for this task. Here we inject squeezed states to improve the performance of one of the detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) beyond the quantum noise limit, most notably in the frequency region down to 150 Hz, critically important for several astrophysical sources, with no deterioration of performance observed at any frequency. With the injection of squeezed states, this LIGO detector demonstrated the best broadband sensitivity to gravitational waves ever achieved, with important implications for observing the gravitational wave Uni- verse with unprecedented sensitivity.
U2 - 10.1038/nphoton.2013.177
DO - 10.1038/nphoton.2013.177
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 613
EP - 619
JO - Nature photonics
JF - Nature photonics
SN - 1749-4885
IS - 8
ER -