Advanced LIGO: non-Gaussian beams

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Erika D’Ambrosio · California Institute of Technology

Richard O'Shaugnessy · California Institute of Technology

K. Thorne · California Institute of Technology

P. A. Willems · California Institute of Technology

S. Strigin · Lomonosov Moscow State University

Sergey P. Vyatchanin · Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract

By using non-Gaussian, flat-topped beams in the advanced gravitational wave interferometers currently being designed, one can reduce the impact on the interferometer sensitivity of a variety of fundamental disturbances (thermoelastic noise, noise in mirror coatings, thermal lensing, etc). This may make beating the standard quantum limit an achievable goal.

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Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Advanced Frequency and Time Standards Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

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Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volume 21, Issue 5, pp. S867-S873

DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/5/074

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