ELECTROMAGNETIC DETECTION OF HIGH-FREQUENCY GRAVITATIONAL WAVES

Abstract

Unlike usual astrophysical sources of gravitational wave (GW), strong electromagnetic (EM) oscillation systems, high-energy particle beams, solar plasma and crystal arrays are able to produce GWs of extremely high-frequency. Their frequencies may reach up to 108 Hz or higher, but the corresponding amplitude orders are only 10-33 - 10-40. We review the possibility of EM detection for the above GWs. In addition, the maximal signal of high-frequency relic GWs, recently expected by quintessential inflationary models, may be firmly localized in the GHz region. We estimate perturbative effects of the relic GWs to the EM detection systems, and show that the effects can possibly provide a new scheme for the EM detection of the relic GW in the GHz window.