Title :
A compound mirror incorporating a fast-light medium for gravitational wave detection with high sensitivity, broadband signal recycling
Author :
Salit, M. ; Shahriar, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We describe the concept of a compound mirror for incorporating the white light cavity effect into the existing design for the Advanced LIGO interferometer for gravitational wave detection, resulting in much higher sensitivity and bandwidth.
Keywords :
light interferometers; mirrors; LIGO interferometer; broadband signal recycling; compound mirror; fast-light medium; gravitational wave detection; white light cavity effect; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Frequency; Mirrors; Optical design; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Recycling; Reflectivity; Strontium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
