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

von Miguel Dovale Álvarez

245 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Springer Theses
• ISBN: 9783030208653
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.08.2020
• Genre: Physik, Astronomie/Elektrizität, Magnetismus, Optik
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing