Explore: Laser Interferometers

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory designed to detect cosmic gravitational

The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a planned European space mission to detect and measure gravitational waves—slight ripples in the fabric

to build interferometers. The first examples of matter interferometers were electron interferometers, later followed by neutron interferometers. Around

corresponds to zero angular velocity of the ring interferometer setup. On the other hand, ring laser interferometers do not require calibration to determine the

the detection of gravitational waves using laser interferometers. The idea of using a laser interferometer for this seems to have been floated independently

in collaboration with other similar detectors, including the two Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories (LIGO) in the United States and

and light are reversed compared to the laser based interferometers, i.e. the beam splitter and mirrors are lasers while the source emits matter waves (the

types of interferometers LIGO Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory NPOI GEO600 VIRGO KAGRA Michelson stellar interferometer Michelson

been built and constantly improved. The present-day generation of laser interferometers has reached the necessary sensitivity to detect gravitational waves

been associated with a spectral signature in the context of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Spectroscopy is a branch of