• DocumentCode
    520206
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499773