Experimental demonstration of an automatic alignment system for optical interferometers

Applied Optics

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 1994, Pages 5037-5040

  Morrison, Euan ^a   Meers, Brian J ^a   Robertson, David I ^a   Ward, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alignment; Fabry Perot; Gravitational wave detectors; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; DETECTORS; GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMATIC ALIGNMENT; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE SENSING; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0028492357     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.33.005037     Document Type: Article

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