What will make it happen?
Phase 1: HFGW Detection Experiment
US Pats. 6417597 and 6784591,
P.R. China Pat. 100558822
 and Patents Pending
Stainless Steel & Titanium Vacuum / Cryogenic Containment Vessel  and Faraday Cage (7.5(10)^-7 Torr, <480mK)
4.9 GHz, 10W microwave transmitter
focused at fractal membrane
9T, 61mm gap
Superconductor magnet
•Li, Baker, & Chen detector design, to be published at STAIF 2007.

•Concept: Dual stage synchro-resonance (Inverse Gertsenshtein Effect) GW to EM conversion, with fractal membrane photon amplification to enhance sensitivity.

•Predicted sensitivity (10^-31 dm/m) should be sufficient to detect residual background GW.

•Cost to complete: $2M – 5M assuming pre-existing component hardware (supported by Chinese research efforts).

•Schedule to complete: 18 – 24 months.