Polarization speed meter for gravitational-wave detection
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Andrew R. Wade, Kirk McKenzie, Yanbei Chen, Daniel A. Shaddock, Jong H. Chow, and David E. McClelland Centre for Gravitational Physics, Department of Quantum Science, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109, USA Theoretical Astrophysics 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA (Received 21 May 2012; published 5 September 2012)
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