Rayleigh scattering in sapphire test mass for laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors I. Measurement of scattering attenuation coefficient

Optics Communications

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-13

  Benabid, F ^a   Notcutt, M ^a   Ju, L ^a   Blair, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYSTALS; HELIUM NEON LASERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MIRRORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SAPPHIRE;

GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTOR; SCATTERING ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT;

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

EID: 0032592368     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00287-4     Document Type: Article

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