Limits and prospects for long-baseline optical fiber interferometry

Autor(en)

Christopher Hilweg, Danial Shadmany, Philip Walther, Nergis Mavalvala, Vivishek Sudhir

Abstrakt

Today’s most precise optical instruments—gravitational-wave interferometers and optical atomic clocks—rely on long storage times for photons to realize their exquisite sensitivity. Optical fiber technology is the most widely deployed platform for realizing long-distance optical propagation. Yet, its application to precision optical measurements is sparse. We review the state of the art in the noise performance of conventional (solid-core) optical fibers from the perspective of precision optical measurements and quantum technology that rely on precise transfer of information over long distances. In doing so, we highlight the limitations of this platform and point to the opportunities that structured fiber technology offers to overcome some of these limitations.

Organisation(en)

Forschungsverbund Quantum Aspects of Space Time, Quantenoptik, Quantennanophysik und Quanteninformation

Externe Organisation(en)

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago

Journal

Optica

Band

9

Seiten

1238-1252

Anzahl der Seiten

15

ISSN

2334-2536

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.470430

Publikationsdatum

11-2022

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103026 Quantenoptik

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/8626f257-1d37-4a3e-be6d-f96dbdd76f3e