@article{90876f63f9034cf49851e3391c39d801,
title = "Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light",
abstract = "Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of Earth-based gravitational wave observatories1-4 is seeking to directly detect this faint radiation using precision laser interferometry. Photon shot noise, due to the quantum nature of light, imposes a fundamental limit on the attometre-level sensitivity of the kilometre-scale Michelson interferometers deployed for this task. Here, we inject squeezed states to improve the performance of one of the detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) beyond the quantum noise limit, most notably in the frequency region down to 150 Hz, critically important for several astrophysical sources, with no deterioration of performance observed at any frequency. With the injection of squeezed states, this LIGO detector demonstrated the best broadband sensitivity to gravitational waves ever achieved, with important implications for observing the gravitational-wave Universe with unprecedented sensitivity.",
author = "J. Aasi and J. Abadie and Abbott, {B. P.} and R. Abbott and Abbott, {T. D.} and Abernathy, {M. R.} and C. Adams and T. Adams and P. Addesso and Adhikari, {R. X.} and C. Affeldt and Aguiar, {O. D.} and P. Ajith and B. Allen and Ceron, {E. Amador} and D. Amariutei and Anderson, {S. B.} and Anderson, {W. G.} and K. Arai and Araya, {M. C.} and C. Arceneaux and S. Ast and Aston, {S. M.} and D. Atkinson and P. Aufmuth and C. Aulbert and L. Austin and Aylott, {B. E.} and S. Babak and Baker, {P. T.} and S. Ballmer and Y. Bao and Barayoga, {J. C.} and D. Barker and B. Barr and L. Barsotti and Barton, {M. A.} and I. Bartos and R. Bassiri and J. Batch and J. Bauchrowitz and B. Behnke and Bell, {A. S.} and C. Bell and G. Bergmann and Berliner, {J. M.} and A. Bertolini and J. Betzwieser and N. Beveridge and Beyersdorf, {P. T.}",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge support from the United States National Science Foundation for the construction and operation of the LIGO Laboratory, and the Science and Technology Facilities Council of the United Kingdom, the Max-Planck-Society and the State of Niedersachsen/Germany for supporting the construction and operation of the GEO600 detector. The authors also acknowledge support for the research, by these agencies and by the Australian Research Council, the International Science Linkages programme of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research of India, the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare of Italy, the Spanish Ministerio de Econom{\'i}a y Competitividad, the Conselleria d{\textquoteright}Economia, Hisenda i Innovaci{\'o} of the Govern de les Illes Balears, the Royal Society, the Scottish Funding Council, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Research Foundation of Korea, Industry Canada and the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, the National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, the Carnegie Trust, the Leverhulme Trust, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Research Corporation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.",
year = "2013",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1038/nphoton.2013.177",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "7",
pages = "613--619",
journal = "Nature Photonics",
issn = "1749-4885",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "8",
}