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No, LIGO works on a different principle. It bounces a single beam between mirrors at great distance and them measures the interference pattern that results fro
by simcop2387 10y ago
No, LIGO works on a different principle. It bounces a single beam between mirrors at great distance and them measures the interference pattern that results from the phase differences because the light traveled a different distance in each direction.
- mtmail 10y agofurther reading 'The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO