Alignment of an interferometric gravitational wave detector

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6734-6747

  Fritschel, Peter ^a   Mavalvala, Nergis ^a,c   Shoemaker, David ^a   Sigg, Daniel ^a,d   Zucker, Michael ^a   González, Gabriela ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d LIGO HANFORD OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0038663712     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006734     Document Type: Article

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