Cryogenic Q-factor measurement of optical substrates for optimization of gravitational wave detectors

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Nietzsche, S ^a   Nawrodt, R ^a   Zimmer, A ^a   Schnabel, R ^b   Vodel, W ^a   Seidel, P ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; DETECTORS; GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; OPTICS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL NOISE;

CRYOGENIC Q-FACTOR MEASUREMENT; DIELECTRIC COATINGS; EIGENFREQUENCIES; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC APPROACHES; Q-FACTOR;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 33645548837     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/19/5/S27     Document Type: Article

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