Tse, M. et al. (2019) Quantum-enhanced advanced LIGO detectors in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy. Physical Review Letters, 123(23), 231107. (doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.231107)
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Abstract
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) has been directly detecting gravitational waves from compact binary mergers since 2015. We report on the first use of squeezed vacuum states in the direct measurement of gravitational waves with the Advanced LIGO H1 and L1 detectors. This achievement is the culmination of decades of research to implement squeezed states in gravitational-wave detectors. During the ongoing O3 observation run, squeezed states are improving the sensitivity of the LIGO interferometers to signals above 50 Hz by up to 3 dB, thereby increasing the expected detection rate by 40% (H1) and 50% (L1).
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| Additional Information: | LIGO was constructed by the California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with funding from the National Science Foundation, and operates under Cooperative Agreement No. PHY-0757058. Advanced LIGO was built under Grant No. PHY-0823459. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council under the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Grant No. CE170100004 and Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant No. LE170100217; the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. 1122374; the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration Fellows program. |
| Keywords: | Gravitational waves, quantum states |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Spencer, Dr Andrew and Toland, Dr Karl and Sorazu Lucio, Dr Borja and Oelker, Dr Eric and Robertson, Professor Norna and Dupej, Mr Peter and Gray, Dr Rachel and Datrier, Ms Laurence and Strain, Professor Kenneth |
| Authors: | Tse, M., Yu, H., Kijbunchoo, N., Fernandez-Galiana, A., Dupej, P., Barsotti, L., Blair, C.D., Brown, D.D., Dwyer, S.E., Effler, A., Evans, M., Fritschel, P., Frolov, V.V., Green, A.C., Mansell, G.L., Matichard, F., Mavalvala, N., McClelland, D.E., McCuller, L., McRae, T., Miller, J., Mullavey, A., Oelker, E., Phinney, I.Y., Sigg, D., Slagmolen, B.J.J., Vo, T., Ward, R.L., Whittle, C., Abbott, R., Adams, C., Adhikari, R.X., Ananyeva, A., Appert, S., Arai, K., Areeda, J.S., Asali, Y., Aston, S.M., Austin, C., Baer, A.M., Ball, M., Ballmer, S.W., Banagiri, S., Barker, D., Bartlett, J., Berger, B.K., Betzwieser, J., Bhattacharjee, D., Billingsley, G., Biscans, S., Blair, R.M., Bode, N., Booker, P., Bork, R., Bramley, A., Brooks, A.F., Buikema, A., Cahillane, C., Cannon, K.C., Chen, X., Ciobanu, A.A., Clara, F., Cooper, S.J., Corley, K.R., Countryman, S.T., Covas, P.B., Coyne, D.C., Datrier, L.E.H., Davis, D., Di Fronzo, C., Driggers, J.C., Etzel, T., Evans, T.M., Feicht, J., Fulda, P., Fyffe, M., Giaime, J.A., Giardina, K.D., Godwin, P., Goetz, E., Gras, S., Gray, C., Gray, R., Gupta, A., Gustafson, E.K., Gustafson, R., Hanks, J., Hanson, J., Hardwick, T., Hasskew, R.K., Heintze, M.C., Helmling-Cornell, A.F., Holland, N.A., Jones, J.D., Kandhasamy, S., Karki, S., Kasprzack, M., Kawabe, K., King, P.J., Kissel, J.S., Kumar, R., Landry, M., Lane, B.B., Lantz, B., Laxen, M., Lecoeuche, Y.K., Leviton, J., Liu, J., Lormand, M., Lundgren, A.P., Macas, R., MacInnis, M., Macleod, D.M., Márka, S., Márka, Z., Martynov, D.V., Mason, K., Massinger, T.J., McCarthy, R., McCormick, S., McIver, J., Mendell, G., Merfeld, K., Merilh, E.L., Meylahn, F., Mistry, T., Mittleman, R., Moreno, G., Mow-Lowry, C.M., Mozzon, S., Nelson, T.J.N., Nguyen, P., Nuttall, L.K., Oberling, J., Oram, R.J., O’Reilly, B., Osthelder, C., Ottaway, D.J., Overmier, H., Palamos, J.R., Parker, W., Payne, E., Pele, A., Perez, C.J., Pirello, M., Radkins, H., Ramirez, K.E., Richardson, J.W., Riles, K., Robertson, N.A., Rollins, J.G., Romel, C.L., Romie, J.H., Ross, M.P., Ryan, K., Sadecki, T., Sanchez, E.J., Sanchez, L.E., Saravanan, T.R., Savage, R.L., Schaetzl, D., Schnabel, R., Schofield, R.M.S., Schwartz, E., Sellers, D., Shaffer, T.J., Smith, J.R., Soni, S., Sorazu, B., Spencer, A.P., Strain, K.A., Sun, L., Szczepańczyk, M.J., Thomas, M., Thomas, P., Thorne, K.A., Toland, K., Torrie, C.I., Traylor, G., Urban, A.L., Vajente, G., Valdes, G., Vander-Hyde, D.C., Veitch, P.J., Venkateswara, K., Venugopalan, G., Viets, A.D., Vorvick, C., Wade, M., Warner, J., Weaver, B., Weiss, R., Willke, B., Wipf, C.C., Xiao, L., Yamamoto, H., Yap, M.J., Yu, H., Zhang, L., Zucker, M.E., and Zweizig, J. |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy Q Science > QC Physics |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Research Centre: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy > Institute for Gravitational Research |
| Research Group: | Institute for Gravitational Research |
| Journal Name: | Physical Review Letters |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| ISSN: | 0031-9007 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1079-7114 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2019 American Physical Society |
| First Published: | First published in Physical Review Letters 123(3):231107 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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