Sonoma State University
April 14, 2008

Ligo: Lasers, Optics, and Interferometry in the Search for Gravitational Waves

Dr. Shailendhar Saraf
Sonoma State University

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Dr. Shailendhar Saraf of Sonoma State University will discuss the technological challenges in the detection of gravitational waves with a terrestrial instrument and describe the laser technology and interferometric techniques used in LIGO. [Available on DVD in the SSU library.]