This paper discusses the basic categories of noise in detecting high frequency gravitational waves in the microwave band （-0.1-10GHz）, which contain shot noise from the laser and the thermal radiation photons, therm...This paper discusses the basic categories of noise in detecting high frequency gravitational waves in the microwave band （-0.1-10GHz）, which contain shot noise from the laser and the thermal radiation photons, thermal noise from statistical fluctuation of the thermal photons and fluctuation of the temperature, radiation press noise on the fractal membrane, the noise caused by the scattering of the Gaussian Beam （GB） in the detecting tube and noise in the microwave radiometers. The analysis shows that a reasonable signal-to-noise ratio may be achieved for a detecting device with the fixed power of GB （105 W）, only when the temperature of the environment is no more than T=I K, and the optimal length of the microwave radiometers is about 0.3 m.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2003CB716300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 10575140)CAEP Foundation (Grant Nos 2008 T0401 and 2008 T0402)
文摘This paper discusses the basic categories of noise in detecting high frequency gravitational waves in the microwave band （-0.1-10GHz）, which contain shot noise from the laser and the thermal radiation photons, thermal noise from statistical fluctuation of the thermal photons and fluctuation of the temperature, radiation press noise on the fractal membrane, the noise caused by the scattering of the Gaussian Beam （GB） in the detecting tube and noise in the microwave radiometers. The analysis shows that a reasonable signal-to-noise ratio may be achieved for a detecting device with the fixed power of GB （105 W）, only when the temperature of the environment is no more than T=I K, and the optimal length of the microwave radiometers is about 0.3 m.
