Quantum Backaction on kg-Scale Mirrors: Observation of Radiation Pressure Noise in the Advanced Virgo Detector

authored by: The Virgo Collaboration , F. Acernese, M. Agathos, L. Aiello, A. Ain, A. Allocca, A. Amato, S. Ansoldi, S. Antier, M. Arène, N. Arnaud, S. Ascenzi, P. Astone, F. Aubin, S. Babak, F. Badaracco, M. K.M. Bader, S. Bagnasco, J. Baird, G. Ballardin, G. Baltus, C. Barbieri, P. Barneo, F. Barone, M. Barsuglia, D. Barta, A. Basti, M. Bawaj, M. Bazzan, M. Bejger, I. Belahcene, S. Bernuzzi, D. Bersanetti, A. Bertolini, M. Bischi, M. Bitossi, M. A. Bizouard, O. Blanch, F. Bobba, M. Boer, G. Bogaert, M. Boldrini, F. Bondu, R. Bonnand, B. A. Boom, V. Boschi, V. Boudart, Y. Bouffanais, H. Vahlbruch, H. Lück, K. Danzmann, Moritz Mehmet
Abstract: The quantum radiation pressure and the quantum shot noise in laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors constitute a macroscopic manifestation of the Heisenberg inequality. If quantum shot noise can be easily observed, the observation of quantum radiation pressure noise has been elusive, so far, due to the technical noise competing with quantum effects. Here, we discuss the evidence of quantum radiation pressure noise in the Advanced Virgo gravitational wave detector. In our experiment, we inject squeezed vacuum states of light into the interferometer in order to manipulate the quantum backaction on the 42 kg mirrors and observe the corresponding quantum noise driven displacement at frequencies between 30 and 70 Hz. The experimental data, obtained in various interferometer configurations, is tested against the Advanced Virgo detector quantum noise model which confirmed the measured magnitude of quantum radiation pressure noise.
Organisation(s): Institute of Gravitation Physics
QuantumFrontiers
External Organisation(s): Universita di Salerno
Monte S. Angelo University Federico II
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Gran Sasso Science Institute
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
Sezione di Pisa
University of Pisa
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
University of Udine
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Université Paris-Saclay
European Gravitational Observatory (EGO)
University Grenoble-Alpes (UGA)
National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef)
University of Liege
University of Milan - Bicocca
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera
Universitat de Barcelona
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
University of Perugia
University of Padova
Sezione di Padova
Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Sezione di Genova
University of Urbino "Carlo Bo"
University of Florence (UniFi)
Université Côte d'Azur
Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA)
Sapienza Università di Roma
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Type: Article
Journal: Physical review letters
Volume: 125
ISSN: 0031-9007
Publication date: 22.09.2020
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Physics and Astronomy(all)
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.131101 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{3ef57d93170a45908414c2c9bf447991,
title = "Quantum Backaction on kg-Scale Mirrors: Observation of Radiation Pressure Noise in the Advanced Virgo Detector",
abstract = "The quantum radiation pressure and the quantum shot noise in laser-interferometric gravitational wave detectors constitute a macroscopic manifestation of the Heisenberg inequality. If quantum shot noise can be easily observed, the observation of quantum radiation pressure noise has been elusive, so far, due to the technical noise competing with quantum effects. Here, we discuss the evidence of quantum radiation pressure noise in the Advanced Virgo gravitational wave detector. In our experiment, we inject squeezed vacuum states of light into the interferometer in order to manipulate the quantum backaction on the 42 kg mirrors and observe the corresponding quantum noise driven displacement at frequencies between 30 and 70 Hz. The experimental data, obtained in various interferometer configurations, is tested against the Advanced Virgo detector quantum noise model which confirmed the measured magnitude of quantum radiation pressure noise.",
author = "{The Virgo Collaboration} and F. Acernese and M. Agathos and L. Aiello and A. Ain and A. Allocca and A. Amato and S. Ansoldi and S. Antier and M. Ar{\`e}ne and N. Arnaud and S. Ascenzi and P. Astone and F. Aubin and S. Babak and F. Badaracco and Bader, {M. K.M.} and S. Bagnasco and J. Baird and G. Ballardin and G. Baltus and C. Barbieri and P. Barneo and F. Barone and M. Barsuglia and D. Barta and A. Basti and M. Bawaj and M. Bazzan and M. Bejger and I. Belahcene and S. Bernuzzi and D. Bersanetti and A. Bertolini and M. Bischi and M. Bitossi and Bizouard, {M. A.} and O. Blanch and F. Bobba and M. Boer and G. Bogaert and M. Boldrini and F. Bondu and R. Bonnand and Boom, {B. A.} and V. Boschi and V. Boudart and Y. Bouffanais and H. Vahlbruch and H. L{\"u}ck and K. Danzmann and Moritz Mehmet",
note = "Funding Information: The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Max Planck Society, Leibniz Universit{\"a}t Hannover, and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) through Grant No. VA 1031/1-1 and Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy Grant No. EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers—390837967 for the construction, installation, and operation of the squeezed light source. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), the French Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, for the construction and operation of the Virgo detector and the creation and support of the EGO consortium. The authors also gratefully acknowledge research support from these agencies as well as by the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigaci{\'o}n, the Consellera d{\textquoteright}Innovaci{\'o}, Universitats, Ci{\`e}ncia i Societat Digital de la Generalitat Valenciana and the CERCA Programme Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain, the National Science Centre of Poland, the European Commission, the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), the French Lyon Institute of Origins (LIO), the Belgian Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS), Actions de Recherche Concertes (ARC), and Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen (FWO), Belgium. Finally the authors kindly thank S. Danilishin for useful discussions on the quantum noise model of the interferometer.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.131101",
language = "English",
volume = "125",
journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "13",
}