Squeezed-field injection for gravitational wave interferometers
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چکیده
In a recent table-top experiment we demonstrated the compatibility of three advanced interferometer techniques for gravitational wave detection, namely power-recycling , detuned signal-recycling and squeezed field injection. The interferometer’s signal to noise ratio was improved by up to 2.8 dB beyond the coherent state’s shot-noise. This value was mainly limited by optical losses on the squeezed field. We present a detailed analysis of the optical losses of in our experiment and provide an estimation of the possible nonclassical performance of a future squeezed field enhanced GEO600 detector.
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