Phase-sensitive optomechanical amplifier for quantum noise reduction in laser interferometers

The Lock-In Amplifier: Noise Reduction and Phase Sensitive Detection

To see how our Project Lock-In works, have a look at the Schematic I. You will find there the internal electronic components of the instrument and their interconnections. The most essential parts to make the Lock-In work as such, are a multiplier circuit and a low pass circuit, or integrator, which together form a “PhaseSensitive Detector", or PSD. For reasons you will immediately understand, a...

Noise beating in hybrid phase-sensitive amplifier systems.

We investigate the effect of noise loading in a hybrid phase-sensitive amplifier system, analyzing the effect of noise beating between the signal and idler waves coupled in a parametric amplifier. Through analyzing input and output optical signal to noise ratios, we find that system performance of a phase-sensitive amplifier is 3 to 6 dB improved over a phase-insensitive amplifier, depending on...

Coherent quantum-noise cancellation for optomechanical sensors.

Using a flow chart representation of quantum optomechanical dynamics, we design coherent quantum-noise-cancellation schemes that can eliminate the backaction noise induced by radiation pressure at all frequencies and thus overcome the standard quantum limit of force sensing. The proposed schemes can be regarded as novel examples of coherent feedforward quantum control.

Optomechanical cooling with generalized interferometers.

The fields in multiple-pass interferometers, such as the Fabry-Pérot cavity, exhibit great sensitivity not only to the presence but also to the motion of any scattering object within the optical path. We consider the general case of an interferometer comprising an arbitrary configuration of generic beam splitters and calculate the velocity-dependent radiation field and the light force exerted o...

Quantum Optical Noise in Advanced LIGO Interferometers