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Matter wave interferometers with large momentum transfers, irrespective of specific implementations, will face a universal dephasing due to relative accelerations between the interferometric mass and the associated apparatus. Here we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-06-08 Marko Toroš , Thomas W. van de Kamp , Ryan J. Marshman , M. S. Kim , Anupam Mazumdar , Sougato Bose

We present an approach to experimentally evaluate gravity gradient noise, a potentially limiting noise source in advanced interferometric gravitational wave (GW) detectors. In addition, the method can be used to provide sub-percent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 L. Matone , P. Raffai , S. Marka , R. Grossman , P. Kalmus , Z. Marka , J. Rollins , V. Sannibale

The future laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors sensitivity can be improved using squeezed light. In particular, recently a scheme which uses the optical field with frequency dependent squeeze factor, prepared by means of a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Ya. Khalilli

Space-based gravitational wave detection is based on the astrodynamical equations derived from gravitational theory to detect changes in distance between spacecraft/celestial bodies and/or their state changes caused by gravitational waves.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-04 Wei-Tou Ni

The millihertz gravitational wave band is expected to be opened by space-borne detectors like TianQin. Various mechanisms can produce short outbursts of gravitational waves, whose actual waveform can be hard to model. In order to identify…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-15 Zheng Wu , Hui-Min Fan , Yi-Ming Hu , Ik Siong Heng

The fast progress in improving the sensitivity of the gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, we all have witnessed in the recent years, has propelled the scientific community to the point, when quantum behaviour of such immense measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Stefan L. Danilishin , Farid Ya. Khalili

Gravitational wave (GW) observations are expected to serve as a powerful and independent probe of the expansion history of the universe. By providing direct and calibration-free measurements of luminosity distances through waveform…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-06 Shang-Jie Jin , Ji-Yu Song , Tian-Yang Sun , Si-Ren Xiao , He Wang , Ling-Feng Wang , Jing-Fei Zhang , Xin Zhang

Tiny vibrations of mechanical structures are the main limiting cause in a number of high sensitivity measurement apparatus, chief among them the most sensitive displacement apparatus on earth: gravitational wave interferometers. Such…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-07-11 Igor Neri , Miquel López-Suárez , Luca Gammaitoni

Laser frequency noise is a dominant noise background for the detection of gravitational waves using long-baseline optical interferometry. Amelioration of this noise requires near simultaneous strain measurements on more than one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-04-30 Peter W. Graham , Jason M. Hogan , Mark A. Kasevich , Surjeet Rajendran

Gravitational-wave observatories around the world are searching for continuous waves: persistent signals from sources such as spinning neutron stars. These searches use sophisticated statistical techniques to look for weak signals in noisy…

Gravitational waves have predominantly been detected using interferometric techniques, with standard approaches limited to 10 kHz and with modern advancements extending this bound to 300 kHz. To explore the largely uncharted…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-01 Eduard Atonga , Ramy Aboushelbaya , Peter A. Norreys

The ongoing global effort to detect gravitational waves continues to push the limits of precision measurement while aiming to provide a new tool for understanding both astrophysics and fundamental physics. Squeezed states of light offer a…

Optics · Physics 2013-08-09 M. Evans , L. Barsotti , J. Harms , P. Kwee , H. Miao

The observation of gravitational waves has opened a new window into the Universe through gravitational-wave astronomy. However, high-frequency gravitational waves remain undetected. In this work, we propose that spin systems can be employed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-14 Jiamin Liang , Mingqiu Li , Yu Gao , Wei Ji , Sichun Sun , Qi-Shu Yan

With laser interferometers, LIGO-Virgo collaboration has recently realized the direct detections of the intermediate-frequency (i.e., from dozens to hundreds of Hertz) gravitational waves (GWs) by probing their mechanically-tidal responses.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-19 H. Zheng , L. F. Wei , H. Wen , F. Y. Li

A new gravitational-wave detector, which is devised based on quantum weak measurement amplification, is introduced and shown has the potential to significantly improve the strain sensitivity of gravitational-wave detection.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-16 Meng-Jun Hu , Yong-Sheng Zhang

Several large-scale gravitational wave (GW) interferometers have achieved long term operation at design sensitivity. Questions arise on how to best combine all available data from detectors of different sensitivities for detection,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Linqing Wen

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.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-02 The LIGO Scientific Collaboration

We evaluate the potential for gravitational-wave (GW) detection in the frequency band from 10 nHz to 1 $\mu$Hz using extremely high-precision astrometry of a small number of stars. In particular, we argue that non-magnetic, photometrically…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-06 Michael A. Fedderke , Peter W. Graham , Bruce Macintosh , Surjeet Rajendran

This study explores the integration of quantum algorithms, specifically Grover's algorithm, with quantum metrology to enhance the efficiency and sensitivity of gravitational-wave detection. By combining quantum matched filtering with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-13 Vaidik A Sharma

Gravitational Wave interferometers achieve their profound sensitivity by combining a Michelson interferometer with optical cavities, suspended masses, and now, squeezed quantum states of light. These states modify the measurement process of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-09-22 L. McCuller , S. E. Dwyer , A. C. Green , Haocun Yu , L. Barsotti , C. D. Blair , D. D. Brown , A. Effler , M. Evans , A. Fernandez-Galiana , P. Fritschel , V. V. Frolov , N. Kijbunchoo , G. L. Mansell , F. Matichard , N. Mavalvala , D. E. McClelland , T. McRae , A. Mullavey , D. Sigg , B. J. J. Slagmolen , M. Tse , T. Vo , R. L. Ward , C. Whittle , R. Abbott , C. Adams , R. X. Adhikari , A. Ananyeva , S. Appert , K. Arai , J. S. Areeda , Y. Asali , 0 S. M. Aston , C. Austin , A. M. Baer , M. Ball , S. W. Ballmer , S. Banagiri , D. Barker , J. Bartlett , B. K. Berger , J. Betzwieser , D. Bhattacharjee , G. Billingsley , S. Biscans , R. M. Blair , N. Bode , P. Booker , R. Bork , A. Bramley , A. F. Brooks , A. Buikema , C. Cahillane , K. C. Cannon , X. Chen , 0 A. A. Ciobanu , F. Clara , C. M. Compton , S. J. Cooper , K. R. Corley , 0 S. T. Countryman , 0 P. B. Covas , D. C. Coyne , L. E. H. Datrier , D. Davis , C. Di Fronzo , K. L. Dooley , J. C. Driggers , T. Etzel , T. M. Evans , J. Feicht , P. Fulda , M. Fyffe , J. A. Giaime , K. D. Giardina , P. Godwin , E. Goetz , S. Gras , C. Gray , R. Gray , E. K. Gustafson , R. Gustafson , J. Hanks , J. Hanson , T. Hardwick , R. K. Hasskew , M. C. Heintze , A. F. Helmling-Cornell , N. A. Holland , J. D. Jones , S. Kandhasamy , S. Karki , M. Kasprzack , K. Kawabe , P. J. King , J. S. Kissel , Rahul Kumar , M. Landry , B. B. Lane , B. Lantz , M. Laxen , Y. K. Lecoeuche , J. Leviton , J. Liu , M. Lormand , A. P. Lundgren , 0 R. Macas , M. MacInnis , D. M. Macleod , S. Marka , 0 Z. Marka , 0 D. V. Martynov , K. Mason , T. J. Massinger , R. McCarthy , S. McCormick , J. McIver , G. Mendell , K. Merfeld , E. L. Merilh , F. Meylahn , T. Mistry , R. Mittleman , G. Moreno , C. M. Mow-Lowry , S. Mozzon , 0 T. J. N. Nelson , P. Nguyen , L. K. Nuttall , 0 J. Oberling , Richard J. Oram , C. Osthelder , D. J. Ottaway , H. Overmier , J. R. Palamos , W. Parker , E. Payne , A. Pele , R. Penhorwood , C. J. Perez , M. Pirello , H. Radkins , K. E. Ramirez , J. W. Richardson , K. Riles , N. A. Robertson , J. G. Rollins , C. L. Romel , J. H. Romie , M. P. Ross , K. Ryan , T. Sadecki , E. J. Sanchez , L. E. Sanchez , T. R. Saravanan , R. L. Savage , D. Schaetzl , R. Schnabel , R. M. S. Schofield , E. Schwartz , D. Sellers , T. Shaffer , J. R. Smith , S. Soni , B. Sorazu , A. P. Spencer , K. A. Strain , L. Sun , M. J. Szczepanczyk , M. Thomas , P. Thomas , K. A. Thorne , K. Toland , C. I. Torrie , G. Traylor , A. L. Urban , G. Vajente , G. Valdes , D. C. Vander-Hyde , P. J. Veitch , K. Venkateswara , G. Venugopalan , A. D. Viets , C. Vorvick , M. Wade , J. Warner , B. Weaver , R. Weiss , B. Willke , C. C. Wipf , L. Xiao , H. Yamamoto , Hang Yu , L. Zhang , M. E. Zucker , J. Zweizig