Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Dr. David Reitze, Executive Director at LIGO Laboratory and Research Professor at Caltech, joins us for an informative presentation on gravitational waves. He will provide an overview of gravitational wave astrophysics, highlight some of the most exciting discoveries, and discuss how we detect gravitational waves with LIGO using large interferometers capable of sensing displacements to a precision of better than 0.000000000000000001 meters.
For more webinars, visit thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=13891&ytid=vUJ-k8R5dpo.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:43 Gravitational Waves and Precision Interferometry for Gravitational-Wave Detection
14:54 The Advanced LIGO Interferometric Detector
35:13 Highlights of the Gravitational-Wave Revolution
47:04 The Future of Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics
49:56 Q&A with Dr. David Reitze
Dr. David Reitze, Executive Director at LIGO Laboratory and Research Professor at Caltech, joins us for an informative presentation on gravitational waves. He will provide an overview of gravitational wave astrophysics, highlight some of the most exciting discoveries, and discuss how we detect gravitational waves with LIGO using large interferometers capable of sensing displacements to a precision of better than 0.000000000000000001 meters.
For more webinars, visit thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=13891&ytid=vUJ-k8R5dpo.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:43 Gravitational Waves and Precision Interferometry for Gravitational-Wave Detection
14:54 The Advanced LIGO Interferometric Detector
35:13 Highlights of the Gravitational-Wave Revolution
47:04 The Future of Gravitational-Wave Astrophysics
49:56 Q&A with Dr. David Reitze
