A full quantum theory of the Fabry-Perot interferometer is presented. The quantum limits on the determination of small changes in the cavity length are considered, studying the case in which the interferometer is simultaneously excited by coherent and squeezed-vacuum inputs. The contributions to the limiting resolution from photon noise and radiation pressure uncertainty are evaluated in a unified calculation by means of a unitary transformation which relates the input modes to the output modes. These results are compared with the corresponding results for the Michelson interferometer.
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