Triple Michelson interferometer for a third-generation gravitational wave detector

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/26/8/085012zbMATH Open1163.83332arXiv0804.1036OpenAlexW3099935007WikidataQ56003209 ScholiaQ56003209MaRDI QIDQ3627532

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Publication date: 12 May 2009

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Abstract: The upcoming European design study `Einstein gravitational-wave Telescope' represents the first step towards a substantial, international effort for the design of a third-generation interferometric gravitational wave detector. It is generally believed that third-generation instruments might not be installed into existing infrastructures but will provoke a new search for optimal detector sites. Consequently, the detector design could be subject to fewer constraints than the on-going design of the second generation instruments. In particular, it will be prudent to investigate alternatives to the traditional L-shaped Michelson interferometer. In this article, we review an old proposal to use three Michelson interferometers in a triangular configuration. We use this example of a triple Michelson interferometer to clarify the terminology and will put this idea into the context of more recent research on interferometer technologies. Furthermore the benefits of a triangular detector will be used to motivate this design as a good starting point for a more detailed research effort towards a third-generation gravitational wave detector.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.1036

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