Dynamics of a Fabry-Perot cavity in the field of a plane gravitational wave

Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 2007 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2007V037N12ABEH013674· OSTI ID:21466770

Tarabrin, S P ^[1]

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1. M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, Moscow (Russian Federation)

The interaction of a weak gravitational wave with a Fabry-Perot cavity is analysed beyond the long-wavelength approximation in the input-mirror locally Lorentzian frame of reference taking the light pressure into account. The generalised expressions are obtained for the coefficient of pondermotive optical rigidity, the motion law of the moving mirror of the cavity and the response function of the cavity. It is shown that the latter is a sum of two phase shifts of a circulating light wave: the phase incursion after reflection from the moving mirror and the phase incursion due to the direct interaction of gravitational and light waves in the cavity. The possibility of the resonance detection of high-frequency gravitational waves by using the optical rigidity effect is considered. (fifth seminar in memory of d.n. klyshko)

• OSTI ID: 21466770
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 37; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
APPROXIMATIONS
CALCULATION METHODS
CAVITIES
DETECTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FUNCTIONS
GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
INTERACTIONS
MIRRORS
PHASE SHIFT
RADIATIONS
REFLECTION
RESONANCE
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
VISIBLE RADIATION
WAVELENGTHS