PIRSA:15020125

Optical frequency standards for gravitational wave detection

Vutha, A. (2015). Optical frequency standards for gravitational wave detection. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/15020125

Vutha, Amar. Optical frequency standards for gravitational wave detection. Perimeter Institute, Feb. 12, 2015, https://pirsa.org/15020125 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:15020125,
            doi = {10.48660/15020125},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/15020125},
            author = {Vutha, Amar},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Optical frequency standards for gravitational wave detection},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2015},
            month = {feb},
            note = {PIRSA:15020125 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Amar Vutha

University of Toronto

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Abstract

Gravitational waves (GW) imprint apparent Doppler shifts on the frequency of photons propagating between an emitter and detector of light. This forms the basis of a method to detect mHz GW using Doppler velocimetry between pairs of satellites [1]. The crucial component in such GW detectors is the frequency standard on board the emitting and receiving satellites. I will discuss how recent developments in atomic clock technology have led to devices that could be sufficiently sensitive to probe astrophysically interesting sources. I will present a design for a robust, space-capable optical frequency standard [2], that is being developed at York.

References

[1] JW Armstrong, Living Rev. Relativity 9, (2006), 1 [2] AC Vutha, arXiv:1501.01733 (2015)