Low-loss gratings for next-generation gravitational wave detectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5870, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-8

  Clausnitzer, T ^a   Kley, E B ^a   Tunnermann A ^a   Bunkowski, A ^b   Burmeister, O ^b   Danzmann, K ^b   Schnabel, R ^b   Duparre A ^c   Gliech, S ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED OPTICS AND PRECISION ENGINEERING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam splitters; Diffraction gratings; Gravitational wave detection; Interferometry

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; GRAVITATION; INTERFEROMETRY;

BEAM SPLITTERS; COUPLING COMPONENTS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 29144443903     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.617334     Document Type: Conference Paper

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