• DocumentCode
    3052692
  • Title

    Fiber amplifiers for gravitational wave detection

  • Author

    Wessels, Peter ; Karow, M. ; Kuhn, Volker ; Steinke, Michael ; Tunnermann, Henrik ; Kracht, Dietmar ; Neumann, Jorg

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Interferometric gravitational wave detectors set very high requirements on their single-frequency laser source in terms of output power and stability. We discuss current approaches to fulfill these requirements using high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers.
  • Keywords
    gravitational wave detectors; laser stability; light interferometers; optical fibre amplifiers; high-power single-frequency fiber amplifiers; interferometric gravitational wave detectors; output power; single-frequency laser source; Detectors; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser stability; Optical fiber amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6599927
  • Filename
    6599927