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First long-term application of squeezed states of light in a gravitational-wave observatory by Grote, H, Danzmann, K, Dooley, K L, Schnabel, R, Slutsky, J, Vahlbruch, H

“…We report on the first long-term application of squeezed vacuum states of light to improve the shot-noise-limited sensitivity of a gravitational-wave…”
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Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s by Bailes, M, Berger, B K, Brady, P R, Branchesi, M, Danzmann, K, Evans, M, Holley-Bockelmann, K, Iyer, B R, Kajitani, T, Katsanevas, S, Kramer, M, Lazzarini, A, Lehner, L, Losurdo, G, Lück, H, McClelland, D E, McLaughlin, M A, Punturo, M, Ransom, S, Raychaudhury, S, Reitze, D H, Ricci, F, Rowan, S, Saito, Y, Sanders, G H, Sathyaprakash, B S, Schutz, B F, Sesana, A, Shinkai, H, Siemens, X, Shoemaker, D H, Thorpe, J, Brand, J F J van den, Vitale, S

“…The 100 years since the publication of Albert Einstein’s theory of General Relativity saw significant development of the understanding of the theory, the…”
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Stabilized high-power laser system for the gravitational wave detector advanced LIGO by Kwee, P, Bogan, C, Danzmann, K, Frede, M, Kim, H, King, P, Pöld, J, Puncken, O, Savage, R L, Seifert, F, Wessels, P, Winkelmann, L, Willke, B

“…An ultra-stable, high-power cw Nd:YAG laser system, developed for the ground-based gravitational wave detector Advanced LIGO (Laser Interferometer…”
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Intersatellite laser ranging instrument for the GRACE follow-on mission by Sheard, B. S., Heinzel, G., Danzmann, K., Shaddock, D. A., Klipstein, W. M., Folkner, W. M.

“…The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has demonstrated that low–low satellite-to-satellite tracking enables monitoring the time variations of the…”
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Quantum engineering of squeezed states for quantum communication and metrology by Vahlbruch, H, Chelkowski, S, Danzmann, K, Schnabel, R

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Matrix heater in the gravitational wave observatory GEO 600 by Wittel, H, Affeldt, C, Bisht, A, Doravari, S, Grote, H, Lough, J, Lück, H, Schreiber, E, Strain, K A, Danzmann, K

“…Large scale laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors (GWDs), such as GEO 600 require high quality optics to reach their design sensitivity. The…”
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Alignment sensing and control for squeezed vacuum states of light by Schreiber, E, Dooley, K L, Vahlbruch, H, Affeldt, C, Bisht, A, Leong, J R, Lough, J, Prijatelj, M, Slutsky, J, Was, M, Wittel, H, Danzmann, K, Grote, H

“…Beam alignment is an important practical aspect of the application of squeezed states of light. Misalignments in the detection of squeezed light result in a…”
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New concepts and results in laser power stabilization by Kwee, P., Willke, B., Danzmann, K.

“…In the recent decade the development of high-power, high-sensitivity photodetectors and low-noise sensing techniques lead to achievable relative power…”
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LISA — An ESA cornerstone mission for the detection and observation of gravitational waves by Danzmann, K.

“…The primary objective of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is to detect and observe gravitational waves from massive black holes, galactive binary…”
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LISA mission overview by Danzmann, K.

“…More than 80 years ago, Einstein has predicted that accelerated masses will emit gravitational waves, propagating distortions of the spacetime fabric. The…”
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EOM sideband phase characteristics for the spaceborne gravitational wave detector LISA by Barke, S., Tröbs, M., Sheard, B., Heinzel, G., Danzmann, K.

“…The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a joint ESA/NASA mission proposed to observe gravitational waves. One important noise source in the LISA phase…”
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Modulated Differential Wavefront Sensing: Alignment Scheme for Beams with Large Higher Order Mode Content by Bisht, A., Prijatelj, M., Leong, J., Schreiber, E., Affeldt, C., Brinkmann, M., Doravari, S., Grote, H., Kringel, V., Lough, J., Lueck, H., Strain, K., Weinert, M., Wittel, H., Danzmann, K.

“…Modulated differential wavefront sensing (MDWS) is an alignment control scheme in the regime of beams with strong higher order transversal modes (HOMs). It is…”
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Laser interferometry with translucent and absorbing mechanical oscillators by Friedrich, D, Kaufer, H, Westphal, T, Yamamoto, K, Sawadsky, A, Ya Khalili, F, Danilishin, S L, Goßler, S, Danzmann, K, Schnabel, R

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Subtraction of test mass angular noise in the LISA technology package interferometer by Guzmán Cervantes, F., Steier, F., Wanner, G., Heinzel, G., Danzmann, K.

“…When the position of a test mass in one dimension is measured with picometer accuracy, angular alignment jitter inevitably couples noise into the measurement…”
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A photon pressure calibrator for the GEO 600 gravitational wave detector by Mossavi, K., Hewitson, M., Hild, S., Seifert, F., Weiland, U., Smith, J.R., Lück, H., Grote, H., Willke, B., Danzmann, K.

“…Interferometer mirror displacement induced by radiation pressure is used to demonstrate an alternative calibration method for the GEO 600 detector. The photon…”
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Intrinsic Noise and Temperature Coefficients of Selected Voltage References by Fleddermann, R., Trobs, M., Steier, F., Heinzel, G., Danzmann, K.

“…We require voltage references with a relative output voltage noise of at most 10 -6 /radicHz in the frequency range of 0.1 mHz-1 Hz. We have investigated the…”
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White-light cavities, atomic phase coherence, and gravitational wave detectors by Wicht, A, Danzmann, K, Fleischhauer, M, Scully, M, Müller, G, Rinkleff, R.-H

“…We propose a new concept to realize optical cavities with large buildup but broadband response ( white-light cavities) using atomic phase coherence. We…”
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Giant Kerr effect in closed degenerate two-level transitions by Spani Molella, L., Rinkleff, R.-H., Kühn, G., Danzmann, K.

“…Extremely large optical Kerr non-linearities (n 2 ) and (n 4 ) were measured in two closed degenerate two-level transitions in the caesium D 2 line when a…”
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Intensity and frequency noise reduction of a Nd:YAG NPRO via pump light stabilisation by HEURS, M, MEIER, T, QUETSCHKE, V. M, WILLKE, B, FREITAG, I, DANZMANN, K

“…We have shown that pump light intensity stabilisation of a single-mode laser diode pumped Nd:YAG non-planar ring oscillator (NPRO) results in significant…”
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Ultra low-loss low-efficiency diffraction gratings by Clausnitzer, Tina, Kley, E-B, Tünnermann, A, Bunkowski, A, Burmeister, O, Danzmann, K, Schnabel, R, Gliech, S, Duparré, A

“…The realization of ultra low-loss dielectric reflection gratings with diffraction efficiencies between 7% and 0.02% is presented. By placing the grating…”
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