Optical coatings for gravitational-wave detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5527, Issue , 2004, Pages 33-40

  Harry, Gregory M ^a   Armandula, Helena ^b   Black, Eric ^b   Crooks, D R M ^c   Cagnoli, Gianpietro ^c   Fejer, Martin M ^d   Hough, Jim ^c   Penn, Steven D ^e   Rowan, Sheila ^c   Route, Roger ^d   Sneddon, Peter ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Interferometry; Optical coatings

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CRITERION; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; SUPERNOVA;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; THERMAL NOISE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

OPTICAL COATINGS;

EID: 13444267745     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.555780     Document Type: Conference Paper

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