Detection of high-frequency gravitational waves using high-energy pulsed lasers

Vacalis, Georgios and Marocco, Giacomo and Bamber, James and Bingham, Robert and Gregori, Gianluca (2023) Detection of high-frequency gravitational waves using high-energy pulsed lasers. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 40 (15). 155006. ISSN 1361-6382 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/acd517)

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Abstract

We propose a new method for detecting high-frequency gravitational waves (GWs) using high-energy pulsed lasers. Through the inverse Gertsenshtein effect, the interaction between a GW and the laser beam results in the creation of an electromagnetic signal. The latter can be detected using single-photon counting techniques. We compute the minimal strain of a detectable GW which only depends on the laser parameters. We find that a resonance occurs in this process when the frequency of the GW is twice the frequency of the laser. With this method, the frequency range 1013–1019 Hz is explored non-continuously for strains h≳10−20 for current laser systems and can be extended to h≳10−26 with future generation facilities.

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Vacalis, Georgios, Marocco, Giacomo, Bamber, James, Bingham, Robert

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Item type:	Article
ID code:	86023
Dates:	Date Event 3 August 2023 Published 29 June 2023 Published Online 12 May 2023 Accepted 20 January 2023 Submitted
Subjects:	Science > Physics > Optics. Light
Department:	Faculty of Science > Physics
Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
Date deposited:	04 Jul 2023 09:37
Last modified:	11 Nov 2024 13:59
URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/86023

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