Quantum-Enhanced Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Era of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

M. Tse, H. Yu, N. Kijbunchoo, A. Fernandez-Galiana, P. Dupej, L. Barsotti, C.D. Blair, D.D. Brown, S.E. Dwyer, A. Effler, M. Evans, P. Fritschel, V.V. Frolov, A.C. Green, G.L. Mansell, F. Matichard, N. Mavalvala, D.E. McClelland, L. McCuller, T. McRaeJ. Miller, A. Mullavey, E. Oelker, I.Y. Phinney, D. Sigg, B.J.J. Slagmolen, T. Vo, R.L. Ward, C. Whittle, R. Abbott, C. Adams, R.X. Adhikari, A. Ananyeva, S. Appert, K. Arai, J.S. Areeda, Y. Asali, S.M. Aston, C. Austin, A.M. Baer, M. Ball, S.W. Ballmer, S. Banagiri, D. Barker, J. Bartlett, B.K. Berger, J. Betzwieser, D. Bhattacharjee, G. Billingsley, S. Biscans, R.M. Blair, N. Bode, P. Booker, R. Bork, A. Bramley, A.F. Brooks, A. Buikema, C. Cahillane, K.C. Cannon, X. Chen, A.A. Ciobanu, F. Clara, S.J. Cooper, K.R. Corley, S.T. Countryman, P.B. Covas, D.C. Coyne, L.E.H. Datrier, D. Davis, C. Di Fronzo, J.C. Driggers, T. Etzel, T.M. Evans, J. Feicht, P. Fulda, M. Fyffe, J.A. Giaime, K.D. Giardina, P. Godwin, E. Goetz, S. Gras, C. Gray, R. Gray, A. Gupta, E.K. Gustafson, R. Gustafson, J. Hanks, J. Hanson, T. Hardwick, R.K. Hasskew, M.C. Heintze, A.F. Helmling-Cornell, N.A. Holland, J.D. Jones, S. Kandhasamy, S. Karki, M. Kasprzack, K. Kawabe, P.J. King, J.S. Kissel, R. Kumar, M. Landry, B.B. Lane, B. Lantz, M. Laxen, Y.K. Lecoeuche, J. Leviton, J. Liu, M. Lormand, A.P. Lundgren, R. Macas, M. MacInnis, D.M. MacLeod, S. Márka, Z. Márka, D.V. Martynov, K. Mason, T.J. Massinger, R. McCarthy, S. McCormick, J. McIver, G. Mendell, K. Merfeld, E.L. Merilh, F. Meylahn, T. Mistry, R. Mittleman, G. Moreno, C.M. Mow-Lowry, S. Mozzon, T.J.N. Nelson, P. Nguyen, L.K. Nuttall, J. Oberling, R.J. Oram, B. O'Reilly, C. Osthelder, D.J. Ottaway, H. Overmier, J.R. Palamos, W. Parker, E. Payne, A. Pele, C.J. Perez, M. Pirello, H. Radkins, K.E. Ramirez, J.W. Richardson, K. Riles, N.A. Robertson, J.G. Rollins, C.L. Romel, J.H. Romie, M.P. Ross, K. Ryan, T. Sadecki, E.J. Sanchez, L.E. Sanchez, T.R. Saravanan, R.L. Savage, D. Schaetzl, R. Schnabel, R.M.S. Schofield, E. Schwartz, D. Sellers, T.J. Shaffer, J.R. Smith, S. Soni, B. Sorazu, A.P. Spencer, K.A. Strain, L. Sun, M.J. Szczepańczyk, M. Thomas, P. Thomas, K.A. Thorne, K. Toland, C.I. Torrie, G. Traylor, A.L. Urban, G. Vajente, G. Valdes, D.C. Vander-Hyde, P.J. Veitch, K. Venkateswara, G. Venugopalan, A.D. Viets, C. Vorvick, M. Wade, J. Warner, B. Weaver, R. Weiss, B. Willke, C.C. Wipf, L. Xiao, H. Yamamoto, M.J. Yap, H. Yu, L. Zhang, M.E. Zucker, J. Zweizig

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Abstract

© 2019 authors. Published by the American Physical Society. Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) has been directly detecting gravitational waves from compact binary mergers since 2015. We report on the first use of squeezed vacuum states in the direct measurement of gravitational waves with the Advanced LIGO H1 and L1 detectors. This achievement is the culmination of decades of research to implement squeezed states in gravitational-wave detectors. During the ongoing O3 observation run, squeezed states are improving the sensitivity of the LIGO interferometers to signals above 50 Hz by up to 3 dB, thereby increasing the expected detection rate by 40% (H1) and 50% (L1).
Original languageEnglish
Article number231107
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume123
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2019
Externally publishedYes

Funding

LIGO was constructed by the California Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology with funding from the National Science Foundation, and operates under Cooperative Agreement No. PHY-0757058. Advanced LIGO was built under Grant No. PHY-0823459. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council under the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Grant No. CE170100004 and Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant No. LE170100217; the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. 1122374; the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration Fellows program. [1] 1 B. P. Abbott ( LIGO Scientific and Virgo Collaborations ) , Phys. Rev. Lett. 116 , 061102 ( 2016 ). PRLTAO 0031-9007 10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102 [2] 2 B. P. Abbott ( LIGO Scientific and Virgo Collaborations ) , Phys. Rev. X 9 , 031040 ( 2019 ). 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FundersFunder number
ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave DiscoveryLE170100217, CE170100004
National Science Foundation1122374
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Australian Research Council

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