Name: Michael Hartman - The Optical Cavity as a Powerful Tool in Experimental Fundamental Physics: A Look at Three Use Cases
Start: 2022-03-10T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-03-10T12:15:00+01:00
Location: Paris

Michael Hartman - The Optical Cavity as a Powerful Tool in Experimental Fundamental Physics: A Look at Three Use Cases

jeudi 10 mars 2022 - 11:00

lundi 7 mars 2022
mardi 8 mars 2022
mercredi 9 mars 2022
jeudi 10 mars 2022
11:00 The Optical Cavity as a Powerful Tool in Experimental Fundamental Physics: A Look at Three Use Cases - Michael Hartman (SYRTE)
The Optical Cavity as a Powerful Tool in Experimental Fundamental Physics: A Look at Three Use Cases
- Michael Hartman (SYRTE)
11:00 - 12:15
The Fabry-Perot Interferometric Optical Cavity has unique characteristics compared to split-arm interferometers which make it a powerful tool in experimental physics research. In this seminar, I recount my experiences in three research groups from varying fields in fundamental physics: interferometric gravitational-wave detection, the search for vacuum birefringence of the quantum vacuum, and the search for axion-like particles as a candidate for dark matter. In each of these projects, the optical cavity plays a central role in the precision measurement of physical phenomena.