Experimental test of an alignment-sensing scheme for a gravitational-wave interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 7743-7746

  Mavalvala, Nergis ^a,b   Sigg, Daniel ^a,c   Shoemaker, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0007192532     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007743     Document Type: Article

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