activity
20012025
most citedStable Operation of a 300-m Laser Interferometer with Sufficient Sensitivity to Detect Gravitational-Wave Events within our Galaxy

282 citations · 434 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

11 papers

gr-qc2025★ 1 cited

Quantum Noise Reduction in the Space-based Gravitational Wave Antenna DECIGO Using Optical Springs and Homodyne Detection scheme

Kenji Tsuji, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Kentaro Komori +6

The DECi-hertz Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (DECIGO) is a planned space-based, next-generation gravitational wave detector aimed at observing primordial gravitatio…

gr-qc2025

Jiggled interferometer: Ground-based gravitational wave detector using rapidly-repeated free-falling test masses

Shoki Iwaguchi, Bin Wu, Kurumi Umemura +10

We propose the Jiggled Interferometer (JIGI), a novel ground-based gravitational wave detector employing low-frequency noise mitigation similar to that of space-based detectors. Us…

physics.optics2025

Quantum Noise from Vacuum Field Injection in Optical Cavities with Diffraction-related Loss

Kurumi Umemura, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Kenji Tsuji +6

The space-based gravitational wave detector DECIGO is designed to observe primordial gravitational waves with 1,000 km Fabry-Perot cavities. Its sensitivity is limited by quantum n…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 6 cited

SILVIA: Ultra-precision formation flying demonstration for space-based interferometry

Takahiro Ito, Kiwamu Izumi, Isao Kawano +26

We propose SILVIA (Space Interferometer Laboratory Voyaging towards Innovative Applications), a mission concept designed to demonstrate ultra-precision formation flying between thr…

gr-qc2024

Significance of Fabry-Perot cavities for space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO

Kenji Tsuji, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Kurumi Umemura +5

The future Japanese project for the detection of gravitational waves in space is planned as DECIGO. To achieve various scientific missions, including the verification of cosmic inf…

gr-qc2023

Sagnac-type neutron displacement-noise-free interferometeric gravitational-wave detector

Yuki Kawasaki, Shoki Iwaguchi, Tomohiro Ishikawa +13

The detection of low-frequency gravitational waves on Earth requires the reduction of displacement noise, which dominates the low-frequency band. One method to cancel test mass dis…

gr-qc2023

Optimization of quantum noise in space gravitational-wave antenna DECIGO with optical-spring quantum locking considering mixture of vacuum fluctuations in homodyne detection

Kenji Tsuji, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Kentaro Komori +10

Quantum locking using optical spring and homodyne detection has been devised to reduce quantum noise that limits the sensitivity of DECIGO, a space-based gravitational wave antenna…

gr-qc2020

Current status of space gravitational wave antenna DECIGO and B-DECIGO

Seiji Kawamura, Masaki Ando, Naoki Seto +84

Deci-hertz Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (DECIGO) is the future Japanese space mission with a frequency band of 0.1 Hz to 10 Hz. DECIGO aims at the detection of pri…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 59 cited

First cryogenic test operation of underground km-scale gravitational-wave observatory KAGRA

KAGRA Collaboration, T. Akutsu, M. Ando +198

KAGRA is a second-generation interferometric gravitational-wave detector with 3-km arms constructed at Kamioka, Gifu in Japan. It is now in its final installation phase, which we c…

gr-qc2017★ 86 cited

Construction of KAGRA: an Underground Gravitational Wave Observatory

T. Akutsu, M. Ando, S. Araki +222

Major construction and initial-phase operation of a second-generation gravitational-wave detector KAGRA has been completed. The entire 3-km detector is installed underground in a m…

astro-ph2001★ 282 cited

Stable Operation of a 300-m Laser Interferometer with Sufficient Sensitivity to Detect Gravitational-Wave Events within our Galaxy

Masaki Ando, the TAMA collaboration

TAMA300, an interferometric gravitational-wave detector with 300-m baseline length, has been developed and operated with sufficient sensitivity to detect gravitational-wave events…