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

Sheon S. Y. Chua (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XX, 220 Seiten

2016 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-36702-6 (ISBN)

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The work in this thesis was a part of the experiment of squeezed light injection into the LIGO interferometer. The work first discusses the detailed design of the squeezed light source which would be used for the experiment. The specific design is the doubly-resonant, traveling-wave bow-tie cavity squeezed light source with a new modified coherent sideband locking technique. The thesis describes the properties affecting the squeezing magnitudes and offers solutions which improve the gain. The first part also includes the detailed modeling of the back-scattering noise of a traveling Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO). In the second part, the thesis discusses the LIGO Squeezed Light Injection Experiment, undertaken to test squeezed light injection into a 4km interferometric gravitational wave detector. The results show the first ever measurement of squeezing enhancement in a full-scale suspended gravitational wave interferometer with Fabry-Perot arms. Further, it showed that the presence of a squeezed-light source added no additional noise in the low frequency band. The result was the best sensitivity achieved by any gravitational wave detector. The thesis is very well organized with the adequate theoretical background including basics of Quantum Optics, Quantum noise pertaining to gravitational wave detectors in various configurations, along with extensive referencing necessary for the experimental set-up. For any non-experimental scientist, this introduction is a very useful and enjoyable reading. The author is the winner of the 2013 GWIC Theses Prize.

Sheon S. Y. Chua received his PhD in Physics from The Australian National University in 2013. He won the 2013 GWIC Thesis Prize - The annual prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves, awarded by the Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC). He is currently holding the position of a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	14.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo	XX, 220 p. 100 illus., 59 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte	Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology • Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theo • Gravitational-wave detectors • Gravity • Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observator • Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory • LIGO • optical physics • Physics • Physics and Astronomy • Quantum Enhancement • Quantum noise • Quantum Optics • Quantum physics (quantum mechanics and quantum fie • Relativity physics • Springer Theses • Squeezed Light States • Theoretical and mathematical astronomy • Travelling-Wave Squeezed Light Source
ISBN-10	3-319-36702-1 / 3319367021
ISBN-13	978-3-319-36702-6 / 9783319367026
Zustand	Neuware