Quantum Limit on the Michelson Interferometer used for Gravitational-Wave Detection
- 21 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 47 (12), 815-818
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.815
Abstract
The quantum limitations on measurements of the relative positions of the two mirrors in a Michelson gravity-wave detector are derived. The effects of intensity fluctuations in the two light beams and radiation pressure on the mirrors are modeled in a unified calculation. The radiation-pressure uncertainty in mirror position differs in general from earlier work, but gives agreement for coherent input light.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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