AAWSAP DIRD, High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Communications, April 2010

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4.0 Future Potential
4.1 DEVELOPMENTAL ROADMAP
A development roadmap is suggested here for the application of High Frequency
Gravitational Waves (HFGWs) in the field of communications. The development
roadmap should be twofold:
•
Theoretical work should continue on HFGW transmitters (generators) and receivers
(detectors).
•
Experimental devices should be built and tested in the laboratory and then
transitioned over to a practical communications system.
A suggested developmental roadmap schedule and phasing timeline is included as
Figure 24. Theoretical research is always an ongoing enterprise, but it is especially
important to encourage work in the development of experimental approaches aimed at
demonstrating laboratory generation and sensing of gravitational waves for the next
few years. This is the kind of academic work that is best done in a research university
setting, at least for the next ten years or so, until laboratory experiments can verify
laboratory generation. Without early confirmation the technology will not gain
widespread acceptance and move forward.
GW Communications Development Timeline Estimate
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