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Q: Quantenoptik

Q 21: Poster: Optical Applications

Q 21.1: Poster

Thursday, April 5, 2001, 12:30–15:00, AT2

GEO 600 gravitational wave detector — •Michaela Malec¹, Uta Weiland¹, Karsten Danzmann^1,2, and the GEO 600 Team^1,2 — ¹Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Außenstelle Hannover, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany — ²Institut für Atom- und Molekülphysik, Abteilung Spektroskopie, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover, Germany

The British-German gravitational wave detector GEO 600 [1,2] is a Michelson interferometer with an armlength of 600 m, which is located close to Hannover. After the last final optical components have been installed, data taking will begin this year. The basic ideas of laser interferometric gravitational wave detection are introduced and the technical challenges of the realisation of the project are outlined. The current status of the project is presented.

[1] Physik in unserer Zeit / 31.Jahrg. 2000 / Nr.1

[2] http://www.geo600.uni-hannover.de/