Published March 7, 2004 | Version v1
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Quantum locking of mirrors in interferometric measurements

Creators

  • 1. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Unite mixte de recherche du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, de l'Ecole Normale Superieure et de l'Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Case 74, 4 place Jussieu, F75252 Paris Cedex 05 (France)

Description

We discuss the use of active control to reduce mirror position fluctuations at the quantum level. We have shown in a recent experiment that it is possible to reduce the thermal noise of a mirror by measuring and controlling its motion with an optomechanical sensor based on a high-finesse optical cavity. This approach can be extended to lock the mirror motion at the quantum level, and to suppress the quantum effects of radiation pressure in interferometric measurements such as gravitational-wave detectors. The sensitivity improvement is furthermore independent of losses in the interferometer

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/S1053/cqg4_5_100.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/21/S1053/cqg4_5_100.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/100;
PII
S0264-9381(04)68748-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. S1053-S1058
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

Conference

Title
5. Edoardo Amaldi conference on gravitational waves
Dates
6-11 Jul 2003
Place
Tirrenia (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35083517
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAVITY RECEIVERS; FLUCTUATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; MOTION; RADIATION PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE NOISE
Descriptors DEC
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NOISE; RADIATION DETECTORS; SOLAR RECEIVERS; VARIATIONS