Development of large size sapphire crystals for laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 II, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1233-1237

  Barish, Barry C ^a   Billingsley, GariLynn ^a   Camp, Jordan ^a   Kells, William P ^a   Sanders, Gary H ^a   Whitcomb, Stan E ^a   Zhang, Li Yuan ^a   Zhu, Ren Yuan ^a   Deng, Peizhen Z ^b   Xu, Jun ^b   Zhou, Guoqing Q ^b   Zhou, Yong Zong ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal; Gravitation wave; Interferometer; Mirror; Sapphire; Test mass

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL COUNTERS; GRADIENT METHODS; INTERFEROMETERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DIRECTIONAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT TECHNIQUE; LASER INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL HOMOGENEITY; SAPPHIRE CRYSTALS; TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRA;

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0036624464     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039643     Document Type: Article

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