Quantum-Mechanical Radiation-Pressure Fluctuations in an Interferometer
- 14 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (2), 75-79
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.75
Abstract
The interferometers now being developed to detect gravitational vaves work by measuring small changes in the positions of free masses. There has been a controversy whether quantum-mechanical radiation-pressure fluctuations disturb this measurement. This Letter resolves the controversy: They do.Keywords
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