Authors:
- Nominated for Springer Theses by the Gravitational Waves International Committee (GWIC)
- Winner of 2013 GWIC Thesis Prize – The annual prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves
- Presents the first ever measurement of squeezing enhancement in a full-scale suspended GW interferometer with Fabry-Perot arms
- Achieved best sensitivity by any Gravitational Wave detector
- The annual prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Doubly Resonant, Travelling-Wave Squeezed Light Source
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Front Matter
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The LIGO H1 Squeezed Light Injection Experiment
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Sheon S. Y. Chua
About the author
Sheon S. Y. Chua received his PhD in Physics from The Australian National University in 2013. He won the 2013 GWIC Thesis Prize – The annual prize for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis based on research in gravitational waves, awarded by the Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC). He is currently holding the position of a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantum Enhancement of a 4 km Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Detector
Authors: Sheon S. Y. Chua
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17686-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-17685-7Published: 21 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36702-6Published: 09 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-17686-4Published: 09 May 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 220
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory, Quantum Optics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology