Broadband squeezing of quantum noise in a Michelson interferometer with Twin-Signal-Recycling.

نویسندگان

  • André Thüring
  • Christian Gräf
  • Henning Vahlbruch
  • Moritz Mehmet
  • Karsten Danzmann
  • Roman Schnabel
چکیده

Twin-Signal-Recycling (TSR) builds on the resonance doublet of two optically coupled cavities and efficiently enhances the sensitivity of an interferometer at a dedicated signal frequency. We report on what we believe to be the first experimental realization of a TSR Michelson interferometer and also its broadband enhancement by squeezed light injection. The complete setup was stably locked, and a broadband quantum noise reduction of the interferometers shot noise by a factor of up to 4 dB was demonstrated. The system was characterized by measuring its quantum noise spectra for several tunings of the TSR cavities. We found good agreement between the experimental results and numerical simulations.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 34 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009