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Detection of high-frequency gravitational waves using high-energy pulsed lasers
- Abstract:
- We propose a new method for detecting high frequency gravitational waves (GWs) using high energy pulsed lasers. Through the inverse Gertsenshtein effect, the interaction between a GW and the laser beam results in the creation of an electromagnetic signal. The latter can be detected using single-photon counting techniques. We compute the minimal strain of a detectable GW which only depends on the laser parameters. We find that a resonance occurs in this process when the frequency of the GW is twice the frequency of the laser. With this method, the frequency range $10^{13}-10^{19} $ Hz is explored non-continuously for strains $h \gtrsim 10^{-20}$ for current laser systems and can be extended to $h \gtrsim 10^{-26}$ with future generation facilities.
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1088/1361-6382/acd517
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- IOP Publishing
- Journal:
- Classical and Quantum Gravity More from this journal
- Volume:
- 40
- Issue:
- 15
- Article number:
- 155006
- Publication date:
- 2023-05-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-05-12
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1361-6382
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0264-9381
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English
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1341053
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pubs:1341053
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- 2023
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