Possible gravitational radiation detection using the geometric phase of a light beam

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Apr 1995

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General Relativity and Gravitation, Volume 27, Issue 4, pp.361-366

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An effect of geometrical phase shift is predicted for a light beam propagating in the field of a gravitational wave. For the beam travelling orthogonally to the direction of propagation of the gravitational wave from an observer and returning back after being reflected, this phase is shown to grow proportionally toL/λ whereL is the distance between the observer and reflecting system, andλ the characteristic wavelength of the gravitational wave packet (for light propagating parallel or antiparallel to the gravitational wave, the geometric phase shift is absent). Gravitational radiation detection experiments are proposed using this new effect, the corresponding estimates being given.

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