Thermal charge carrier driven noise in transmissive semiconductor optics

authored by: F. Bruns, S. P. Vyatchanin, J. Dickmann, R. Glaser, D. Heinert, R. Nawrodt, S. Kroker
Abstract: Several sources of noise limit the sensitivity of current gravitational wave detectors. Currently, dominant noise sources include quantum noise and thermal Brownian noise, but future detectors will also be limited by other thermal noise channels. In this paper, we study a thermal noise source which is caused by spatial charge carrier density variations in semiconductor materials. We provide an analytical model for the understanding of charge carrier fluctuations under the presence of screening effects and show that charge carrier noise will not be a limiting noise source for third-generation gravitational wave detectors.
External Organisation(s): Technische Universität Braunschweig
Lomonosov Moscow State University
National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB)
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
University of Stuttgart
Type: Article
Journal: Physical Review D
Volume: 102
ISSN: 2470-0010
Publication date: 15.07.2020
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.102.022006 (Access: Unknown)

BibTeX

@article{8065e05a0e14436cb8b8d8363de1814e,
title = "Thermal charge carrier driven noise in transmissive semiconductor optics",
abstract = "Several sources of noise limit the sensitivity of current gravitational wave detectors. Currently, dominant noise sources include quantum noise and thermal Brownian noise, but future detectors will also be limited by other thermal noise channels. In this paper, we study a thermal noise source which is caused by spatial charge carrier density variations in semiconductor materials. We provide an analytical model for the understanding of charge carrier fluctuations under the presence of screening effects and show that charge carrier noise will not be a limiting noise source for third-generation gravitational wave detectors. ",
author = "F. Bruns and Vyatchanin, {S. P.} and J. Dickmann and R. Glaser and D. Heinert and R. Nawrodt and S. Kroker",
note = "Funding information: S. P. V. acknowledges support from Russian Foundation of Basic Research (Grant No. 19-29-11003) and from the TAPIR GIFT MSU Support of California Institute of Technology. S. K. and F. B. acknowledge support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under Germany{\textquoteright}s Excellence Strategy EXC-2123 QuantumFrontiers—390837967. This document has LIGO number LIGO-P2000048.",
year = "2020",
month = jul,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevD.102.022006",
language = "English",
volume = "102",
journal = "Physical Review D",
issn = "2470-0010",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "2",
}