Simplified optical configuration for a sloshing-speedmeter-enhanced gravitational wave detector
arXiv:1909.04185 · doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ab5bb9
Abstract
We propose a new optical configuration for an interferometric gravitational wave detector based on the speedmeter concept using a sloshing cavity. Speedmeters provide an inherently better quantum-noise limited sensitivity at low frequencies than the currently used Michelson interferometers. We show that a practical sloshing cavity can be added relatively simply to an existing dual-recycled Michelson interferometer such as Advanced LIGO.
arXiv comment6 pages, 6 figures
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