17–23 May 2026
Hotel Hermitage, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

Quantum experiments for future gravitational wave detectors

21 May 2026, 11:18
18m
Hotel Hermitage, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba

Hotel Hermitage, La Biodola, Isola d'Elba

Presentation Quantum Noise Quantum Noise

Speaker

Robert Ward (Australian National University)

Description

Quantum technology is now a well-established method for enhancing the sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors, with the injection and input filtering of squeezed vacuum at the primary laser wavelength routinely operating in both the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational wave detectors. Development continues on demonstrations of other quantum techniques. At the ANU, we have ongoing experiments in several quantum enhancement methods, including output quantum amplification, quantum teleportation, and internal squeezing. I will present the status and recent results of these quantum experiments.

Author

Robert Ward (Australian National University)

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