Test of the Isotropy of the Speed of Light Using a Continuously Rotating Optical Resonator

Journal Article · Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401· OSTI ID:20696530

Herrmann, Sven; Senger, Alexander; Peters, Achim ^[1]; Kovalchuk, Evgeny ^[1]; Mueller, Holger ^[1]

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1. Institut fuer Physik, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, 10117 Berlin (Germany)

We report on a test of Lorentz invariance performed by comparing the resonance frequencies of one stationary optical resonator and one continuously rotating on a precision air bearing turntable. Special attention is paid to the control of rotation induced systematic effects. Within the photon sector of the standard model extension, we obtain improved limits on combinations of 8 parameters at a level of a few parts in 10{sup -16}. For the previously least well known parameter we find {kappa}-tilde{sub e-}{sup ZZ}=(-1.9{+-}5.2)x10{sup -15}. Within the Robertson-Mansouri-Sexl test theory, our measurement restricts the isotropy violation parameter {beta}-{delta}-(1/2) to (-2.1{+-}1.9)x10{sup -10}, corresponding to an eightfold improvement with respect to previous nonrotating measurements.

• OSTI ID: 20696530
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 95, Issue 15; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.150401; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RESONANCE
RESONATORS
ROTATION
STANDARD MODEL
TIME MEASUREMENT
VELOCITY
VISIBLE RADIATION