1993/03/31 by F. I. Cooperstock, Valerio Faraoni, V. Faraoni · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Frequency and Time Standards #Geophysics and Sensor Technology #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/10/6/016
published as Class.Quant.Grav.10:1189-1199,1993 · 13 pages, LaTex
arxiv created 1993/03/31 · openalex publication_date 1993/06/01 · arxiv updated 2010/04/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
A laser-interferometric detector of gravitational waves is studied and a complete solution (to first order in the metric perturbation) of the coupled Einstein-Maxwell equations with appropriate boundary conditions for the light beams is determined. The phase shift, the light deflection and the rotation of the polarization axis induced by gravitational waves are computed. The results are compared with previous literature, and are shown to hold also for detectors which are large in comparison with the gravitational wavelength.