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The possibility to use narrow optical resonances and highly stable lasers as detectors of gravitational waves are discussed. The methods for measuring small displacements are based on the registration of small variations of a radiation frequency that arise in changing an optical phase. First results on the use of narrow resonances for precision measurements of small displacements are given. The achieved absolute sensitivity of the measurements amounted to 6·10−6 Å on the basis of 5·102 cm.
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Bagayev, S.N., Chebotayev, V.P., Dychkov, A.S. et al. On the possibility of using lasers as detectors of gravitational waves. Appl. Phys. 25, 161–164 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00901290
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