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Quantum-enhanced advanced LIGO detectors in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy

Tse, M., Yu, Haocun, 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, Anchal, 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, Rahul, Landry, M., Lane, B. B., Lantz, B., Laxen, M., Lecoeuche, Y. K., Leviton, J., Liu, J., Lormand, M., Lundgren, A. P., Macas, Ronaldas, MacInnis, M., MacLeod, Duncan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1395-8694, 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, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-8791, 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., Szczepa?czyk, 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, Hang, Zhang, L., Zucker, M. E. and Zweizig, J. 2019. Quantum-enhanced advanced LIGO detectors in the era of gravitational-wave astronomy. Physical Review Letters (23) , 231107. 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).

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Physics and Astronomy
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 0031-9007
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 14 January 2020
Date of Acceptance: 5 December 2019
Last Modified: 07 May 2023 08:39
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128504

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