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GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS

Improved squeezing of noise

Two articles in Nature Photonics demonstrate how Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen entanglement can reduce quantum noise in gravitational-wave interferometers.

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Fig. 1: Schematic showing how entangled fields can increase the sensitivity of a GWI.

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Cohadon, PF. Improved squeezing of noise. Nat. Photonics 14, 202–204 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-020-0616-y

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