Anomalous-dispersion enhanced active sagnac interferometry for gravitational wave detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6906, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Shahriar, M S ^a   Salit, M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast light; Gravitational wave detection; Sagnac resonator

Indexed keywords

FAST LIGHT; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION; SAGNAC RESONATOR;

DISPERSION (WAVES); GRAVITY WAVES; LASERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 40849083901     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.772330     Document Type: Conference Paper

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