Optical Cavities for Optical Atomic Clocks, Atom Interferometry and Gravitational-Wave Detection

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Álvarez, Miguel Dovale (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Θέματα: Lasers.; Photonics.; Gravitation.; Quantum physics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement .; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Physics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XXIV, 245 p. 128 illus., 88 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030208639
• ISSN: 2190-5053
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20863-9

Devised at the beginning of the 20th century by french physicists Charles Fabry and Alfred Perot, the Fabry-Perot optical cavity is perhaps the most deceptively simple setup in optics, and today a key resource in many areas of science and technology. This thesis delves deeply into the applications of optical cavities in a variety of contexts: from LIGO's 4-km-long interferometer arms that are allowing us to observe the universe in a new way by measuring gravitational waves, to the atomic clocks used to realise time with unprecedented accuracy which will soon lead to a redefinition of the second, and the matterwave interferometers that are enabling us to test and measure gravity in a new scale. The work presented accounts for the elegance and versatility of this setup, which today underpins much of the progress in the frontier of atomic and gravitational experimental physics.