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arXiv:1310.0383 · Nature Photonics

Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

J. Aasi, J. Abadie, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, M. R. Abernathy, C. Adams, Thomas Adams, Paolo Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, C. Affeldt, O. D. Aguiar, P. Ajith, B. Allen, E. Amador Ceron, D. Amariutei, S. B. Anderson, Warren G. Anderson, Koji Arai, M. Araya, C. C. Arceneaux, S. Ast, S. M. Aston, D. Atkinson, Peter Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, L. Austin, B. E. Aylott, S. Babak, P. T. Baker, S. W. Ballmer, Yiliang Bao, J. C. B. Barayoga, D. Barker, B. Barr, L. Barsotti, Mark Andrew Barton, I. Bartos, R. Bassiri, J. C. Batch, J. Bauchrowitz, B. Behnke, A. S. Bell, C. Bell, G. Bergmann, J. M. Berliner, Alessandro Bertolini, J. Betzwieser, N. Beveridge, P. T. Beyersdorf, T. Bhadbhade, I. A. Bilenko, G. Billingsley, J. Birch, S. Biscans, E. Black, J. K. Blackburn, Lindy Blackburn, D. G. Blair, B. Bland, Oliver Bock, Timothy P. Bodiya, C. Bogan, Charlotte Z. Bond, R. Bork, M. Born, Sukanta Bose, J. Bowers, P. R. Brady, Vladimir B. Braginsky, James E. Brau, J. Breyer, Derek O. Bridges, M. Brinkmann, Michael Britzger, Aidan F. Brooks, D. A. Brown, D. D. Brown, Kerry N. Buckland, F. Brückner, B. C. Buchler, Alessandra Buonanno, J. Burguet–Castell, Robert L. Byer, L. Cadonati, J. B. Camp, P. Campsie, K. C. Cannon, Junwei Cao, Collin D. Capano, L. Carbone, S. Caride, A. Castiglia, S. Caudill, M. Cavaglià, C. B. Cepeda, T. Chalermsongsak, Shiuh Chao, P. Charlton, X. Chen

Published Jul 19, 2013• 1,201 citations

DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.177

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