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A method of detecting of short scalar gravitational waves with a wavelength of ~ 0.5 micrometers is proposed, in contrast to LIGO Project, aimed at detecting of long quadrupole gravitational waves with a wavelength in interval from 43 till…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-23 Valery A. Zhukov

We develop here algorithms which allow to find regimes of signal-recycled Fabry-Perot--Michelson interferometer (for example, Advanced LIGO), optimized concurrently for two (binary inspirals + bursts) and three (binary inspirals + bursts +…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-02-23 I. S. Kondrashov , D. A. Simakov , F. Ya. Khalili , S. L. Danilishin

Adaptive optics enables the deployment of interferometer-based spectroscopy without the need for moving parts necessary for scanning the interferometer arms. Here, we employ a Michelson Interferometer in conjunction with a Spatial Light…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-05 Jesneil Lauren Lewis , Ayan Banerjee

The binary neutron star coalescence GW170817 was observed by gravitational wave detectors during the inspiral phase but sensitivity in the 1-5 kHz band was insufficient to observe the expected nuclear matter signature of the merger itself,…

We theoretically and experimentally study the effect of the coupled-resonator-induced transparency in the Michelson interferometer with the dual-recycled configuration, which is equivalent to the adjustable coupled resonator. The coupling…

Optics · Physics 2018-12-26 Xudong Yu , Wei Li , YuanBin Jin , Jing Zhang

Ground-based gravitational wave detectors use laser interferometry to detect the minuscule distance change between test masses caused by gravitational waves. Stray light that scatters back into the interferometer causes transient signals…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-05 André Lohde , Daniel Voigt , Oliver Gerberding

Reflection gratings enable light coupling to optical cavities without transmission through substrates. Gratings that have three ports and are mounted in second-order Littrow configuration even allow the coupling to high-finesse cavities…

The sensitivity of ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors will be improved in the future via the injection of frequency-dependent squeezed vacuum. The achievable improvement is ultimately limited by losses of the interferometer…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-06-10 Antonio Perreca , Aidan Brooks , Jonathan Richardson , Daniel Toyra , Rory Smith

Current gravitational-wave detectors have achieved remarkable sensitivity around 100 Hz, enabling ground-breaking discoveries. Enhancing sensitivity at higher frequencies in the kilohertz (kHz) range promises access to rich physics,…

We develop a novel hyperspectral imaging system using structured illumination in an SLM-based Michelson interferometer. In our design, we use a reflective SLM as a mirror in one of the arms of a Michelson interferometer, and scan the…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-25 Amar Deo Chandra , Mintu Karmakar , Dibyendu Nandy , Ayan Banerjee

We propose a new interferometer technique for high precision phase measurements such as those in gravitational wave detection. The technique utilizes a pair of optically coupled resonators that provides identical resonance conditions for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-07-04 Andre Thuering , Roman Schnabel , Harald Lueck , Karsten Danzmann

Diffraction gratings have been proposed as core elements in future laser-interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. In this paper, we use a steady-state technique to derive coupling of lateral grating displacement to the output ports of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Hallam , S. Chelkowski , A. Freise , S. Hild , B. Barr , K. A. Strain , O. Burmeister , R. Schnabel

A Michelson-type interferometer with two-mode squeezed coherent state input is considered. Such an interferometer has a better phase sensitivity over the shot-noise limit by a factor of $e^{2r}$, where $r$ is the squeezing parameter [Phys.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-03 Stav Haldar , Pratik J. Barge , Xiao-Qi Xiao , Hwang Lee

Mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy is a powerful technique employed for a variety of applications, including gas sensing, industrial inspection, astronomy, surveillance, and imaging. Thin-film narrowband interference filters, targeted to…

Recently, observational searches for gravitational wave background (GWB) have developed and given direct and indirect constraints on the energy density of GWB in a broad range of frequencies. These constraints have already rejected some…

Test-mass thermal noise is a limiting noise source for current and next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave observatories. Uniform-intensity higher-order laser beams, including Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) and Hermite-Gaussian (HG) modes,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-12 Liu Tao , Yuhang Zhao , Zong-Hong Zhu , Paul Fulda

We investigate that temperature can be measured by a modified Michelson interferometer, where at least one reflected mirror is replaced by a thermalized sample. Both of two mirrors replaced by the corresponding two thermalized samples can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-28 Dong Xie , Chunling Xu , Anmin wang

Higher-order Laguerre-Gauss (LG) modes have previously been investigated as a candidate for reducing test-mass thermal noise in ground-based gravitational-wave detectors like Advanced LIGO. It has been shown however that LG modes' fragility…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-07 Liu Tao , Anna C. Green , Paul Fulda

Spacetime fluctuations (SFs), a common feature of different proposed gravity models, could be detected using laser interferometers. In the search for SFs, a correspondence between the expected output signals and different gravity models is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-03 B. Sharmila , Sander M. Vermeulen , Animesh Datta

Here we introduce interferometric devices by combining optical feedback (cavities) with unbiased multiports, which unlike traditional beam dividers, allow light to reflect back out of the port from which it originated. By replacing the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-05 Christopher R. Schwarze , David S. Simon , Alexander V. Sergienko