Terrestrial Laser Interferometers

Katherine L. Dooley; Hartmut Grote; Jo Van den Brand

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-4306-4_2

Terrestrial Laser Interferometers

Katherine L. Dooley^*, Hartmut Grote^*, Jo Van den Brand^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Terrestrial laser interferometers for gravitational-wave detection made the landmark first detection of gravitational waves in 2015. We provide an overview of the history of how these laser interferometers prevailed as the most promising technology in the search for gravitational waves. We describe their working principles and their limitations and provide examples of some of the most important technologies that enabled their construction. We introduce each of the four large-scale laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors in operation around the world today and provide a brief outlook for the future of ground-based detectors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	37-83
Number of pages	47
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811643064
ISBN (Print)	9789811643057
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4306-4_2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2022

Keywords

Fabry-Perot cavity
GEO600
Gravitational waves
KAGRA
Laser interferometer
LIGO
Virgo

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