LIGO

27 Fevereiro 2023, 10:00 • José Manuel Rebordão

Gravitational wave (GW) detectors: history, general architecture. Links with General relativity: GW was polarization, frequency and strain.

General subsystems and function of GW detectors.

Review of Fabry-Perot (FP) cavities: interference between may waves with losses; Finesse. Examples.

NEXT CLASS

FP physics. Phase.

Back to LIGO subsystems.