Titania-doped tantala/silica coatings for gravitational-wave detection

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 405-415

  Harry, Gregory M ^a   Abernathy, Matthew R ^a   Becerra Toledo, Andres E ^a   Armandula, Helena ^b   Black, Eric ^b   Dooley, Kate ^b   Eichenfield, Matt ^b   Nwabugwu, Chinyere ^b   Villar, Akira ^b   Crooks, D R M ^c   Cagnoli, Gianpietro ^c   Hough, Jim ^c   How, Colin R ^c   MacLaren, Ian ^c   Murray, Peter ^c   Reid, Stuart ^c   Rowan, Sheila ^c   Sneddon, Peter H ^c   Fejer, Martin M ^d   Route, Roger ^d   Penn, Steven D ^e   Ganau, Patrick ^f   MacKowski, Jean Marie ^f   Michel, Christophe ^f   Pinard, Laurent ^f   Remillieux, Alban ^f   more..

^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)

^f Laboratoire Matérial Advancée Virgo   (France)

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EID: 33947572945     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/24/2/008     Document Type: Article

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