ITU International Science and Engineering Summit (SES) 2026

Session

Quantum Optics Session

5 May 2026, 10:30

Turgut Özal School of Foreign Languages Congress and Student Social Center, A 174 (İTÜ Ayazağa Campus)

Conveners

Quantum Optics Session: Quantum-Squeezed Light – Routine Improvement of Gravitational Wave Observations

• Prof. Dr. Roman Schnabel

3. Quantum-Squeezed Light – Routine Improvement of Gravitational Wave Observations

Prof. Dr. Roman Schnabel

05/05/2026, 10:30

Light with squeezed quantum uncertainty allows for the sensitivity improvement of laser interferometers. In 2011, the GEO600 gravitational wave detector used squeezed light in its joint search for gravitational waves with Virgo [1,2]. The successful sensitivity improvement triggered the implementation of squeezed light sources also in Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo. On April 1st, 2019 these...