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We propose a quantum error correction-like noise mitigation protocol for enhancing the sensitivity of wave-like dark matter searches with quantum sensors. Our protocol uses multiple sensors to mitigate the noise affecting each sensor…

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Quantum sensing using non-linear interferometers offers the possibility of bicolour imaging, using light that never interacted with the object of interest, and provides a way to achieve phase supersensitivity, i.e. a Heisenberg-type scaling…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-22 Simon Schaffrath , Daniel Derr , Markus Gräfe , Enno Giese

Vacuum quantum fluctuations impose a fundamental limit on the sensitivity of gravitational-wave interferometers, which rank among the most sensitive precision measurement devices ever built. The injection of conventional squeezed vacuum…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-16 Chris Whittle , Kentaro Komori , Dhruva Ganapathy , Lee McCuller , Lisa Barsotti , Nergis Mavalvala , Matthew Evans

A major barrier to improving the quantum-limited sensitivity of gravitational-wave observatories is the thermal distortions of the test masses which arise at megawatt laser power. Recent advances in a new form of higher-order wavefront…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-30 Liu Tao , Pooyan Goodarzi , Jonathan W. Richardson

The recent discovery of gravitational waves (GW) by LIGO has impressively launched the novel field of gravitational astronomy and it allowed us to glimpse at exciting objects we could so far only speculate about. Further sensitivity…

We prove that the force sensitivity of the conventional optomechanical detector associated with the optical quadrature measurement of the output beam is lower bounded by the so-called ultimate quantum limit (UQL), i.e., the absolute value…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-07-15 Yang Gao , Hopui Ho , Haixi Zhang

Using an explicit solution for the Schr\"odinger equation describing the model of the gravitational wave detector (LIGO-project), we prove that the SQL (standard quantum limit) for dimensionless amplitude for gravitational perturbations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. M. Sinev

The sensitivities of ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors are limited by quantum shot noise at a few hundred Hertz and above. Nonetheless, one can use a quantum-correlation technique proposed by Martynov, et al. [Phys. Rev. A 95,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-05 Hang Yu , Denis Martynov , Rana X Adhikari , Yanbei Chen

We derive a quantum limit to the sensitivity of laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors from optical-loss-induced dissipation, analogous to the sensitivity limit from the mechanical dissipation. It applies universally to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-04-03 Haixing Miao , Nicolas D. Smith , Matthew Evans

We probe the motion of a 6 $\mu g$ magnetically levitated superconducting microsphere using optical interferometry at 3 K, achieving a resolution better than 1 $nm/ \sqrt{Hz}$, and use the measured signal to feedback-cool its motion. The…

Machine learning has become an effective tool for processing the extensive data sets produced by large physics experiments. Gravitational-wave detectors are now listening to the universe with quantum-enhanced sensitivity, accomplished with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-07 Chris Whittle , Ge Yang , Matthew Evans , Lisa Barsotti

Squeezed states of light have been successfully employed in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors to reduce quantum noise, thus becoming one of the most promising options for extending the astrophysical reach of the generation of…

Optics · Physics 2017-04-13 Patrick Kwee , John Miller , Tomoki Isogai , Lisa Barsotti , Matthew Evans

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

Precision metrology underpins scientific and technological advancements. Quantum metrology offers a pathway to surpass classical sensing limits by leveraging quantum states and measurement strategies. However, measuring multiple…

Mechanical transduction of torque has been key to probing a number of physical phenomena, such as gravity, the angular momentum of light, the Casimir effect, magnetism, and quantum oscillations. Following similar trends as mass and force…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-07 P. H. Kim , B. D. Hauer , C. Doolin , F. Souris , J. P. Davis

Optical Vector Analysers (OVA) are critical for emerging technologies such as integrated photonics and optical positioning. Achieving a sensitivity near the Standard Quantum Limit (SQL) while acquiring a wide spectrum allows an accurate…

Previously, we had proposed a gravitational wave detector that incorporates the white-light-cavity (WLC) effect using a compound cavity for signal recycling (CC-SR). Here, we first use an idealized model for the negative dispersion medium…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-28 Minchuan Zhou , Zifan Zhou , Selim M. Shahriar

The Standard Quantum Limit in continuous monitoring of a system is given by the trade-off of shot noise and back-action noise. In gravitational-wave detectors, such as Advanced LIGO, both contributions can simultaneously be squeezed in a…

Quantum metrology enables estimation of optical phase shifts with precision beyond the shot-noise limit. One way to exceed this limit is to use squeezed states, where the quantum noise of one observable is reduced at the expense of…

High-Q optical microresonators combine low losses and high optical energy concentration in a small effective mode volume, making them an attractive platform for optical sensors. While light is confined in the microresonator by total…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-18 Dariya Salykina , Daniil Shakhbaziants , Igor Bilenko , Farid Khalili