Gravitational waves from high-power twisted light
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2024-08-20 v2 Optics
Abstract
Recent advances in high-energy and high-peak-power laser systems have opened up new possibilities for fundamental physics research. In this work, the potential of twisted light for the generation of gravitational waves in the high frequency regime is explored for the first time. Focusing on Bessel beams, novel analytic expressions and numerical computations for the generated metric perturbations and associated powers are presented. Compelling evidence is provided that the properties of the generated gravitational waves, such as frequency, polarisation states and direction of emission, are controllable by the laser pulse parameters and optical arrangements.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2309.04191,
title = {Gravitational waves from high-power twisted light},
author = {Eduard Atonga and Killian Martineau and Ramy Aboushelbaya and Aurélien Barrau and Marko von der Leyen and Sunny Howard and Abigail James and Jordan Lee and Chunshan Lin and Heath Martin and Iustin Ouatu and Robert Paddock and Rusko Ruskov and Robin Timmis and Peter Norreys},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04191},
year = {2024}
}