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Overview

The aim of this experiment is demonstrating in lab scale the technique of the quantum radiation pressure noise (QRPN) reduction by measuring the ponderomotively squeezed light with the homodyne detector. With this technique, the sensitivity of KAGRA can beat the standard quantum limit. In order to demonstrate the QRPN reduction technique, the sensitivity limited by QRPN should be achieved. In this experiment, in order to enhance QRPN, it is planed to use the high finesse (~104) cavity consisting of 23-mg tiny mirror and ~50-g 2.54-mirror. Using this cavity (x2), Fabry--Perot Michelson interferometer will be construed to reduce the noise other than QRPN. As a result, the QRPN in this experiment is expected to be 104 times larger than that in KAGRA in therms of displacement noise (m/rtHz) although the laser light source with ~200 mW output power is used in this experiment.

Current status

This experiment is suspended now (2017/02/16) for lab moving. The status before the lab moving is summarized in the related paper [] The 23 mg mirrors are kept in the desiccator in the ICRR B1 Lab and will be moved to Ando Lab (UT).