Scalable, symmetric atom interferometer for infrasound gravitational wave detection

verfasst von
C. Schubert, D. Schlippert, S. Abend, E. Giese, A. Roura, W. P. Schleich, W. Ertmer, E. M. Rasel
Abstract

We propose a terrestrial detector for gravitational waves with frequencies between 0.3 Hz and 5 Hz. Therefore, we discuss a symmetric matter-wave interferometer with a single loop and a folded triple-loop geometry. The latter eliminates the need for atomic ensembles at femtokelvin energies imposed by the Sagnac effect in other atom interferometric detectors. It also combines several advantages of current vertical and horizontal matter wave antennas and enhances the scalability in order to achieve a peak strain sensitivity of \(2\cdot10^{-21}\,/\sqrt{\mathrm{Hz}}\).

Organisationseinheit(en)
Institut für Quantenoptik
QuantumFrontiers
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Ottawa
Universität Ulm
Texas A and M University
Typ
Preprint
Anzahl der Seiten
10
Publikationsdatum
2019
Publikationsstatus
Elektronisch veröffentlicht (E-Pub)
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1909.01951 (Zugang: Offen)