Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP170104424

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP170104424

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Enhancing gravitational wave detector sensitivity and bandwidth for astronomy. This project aims to create small optomechanical devices that amplify the signals in gravitational wave detectors, increasing their sensitivity, especially for higher frequency signals. Calibrated against the 2015 first detection of gravitational waves from black hole mergers, this technology could allow humanity to listen to black holes merging up to 30 times every day, while giving much greater sensitivity to signals from smaller black holes and neutron stars. The new technology, which uses nano-scale suspended tiny mirrors controlled by laser light, is likely to have applications in making sensors and quantum devices for advanced instrumentation, improve mineral exploration and measure tiny electromagnetic signals.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2017

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $1,097,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Quantum Optics | General Relativity and Gravitational Waves | Classical and Physical Optics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Technology

Other Keywords

Astronomical and Space Sciences | Classical and Physical Optics | Expanding Knowledge in Technology | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | General Relativity and Gravitational Waves | Quantum Optics

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