Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3466-3484

  Acernese, Fausto ^a,b   Alshourbagy, Mohamed ^c   Amico, Paolo ^d   Aoudia, S ^e   Antonucci, Federica ^f   Astone, P ^f   Avino, Saverio ^a,b   Babusci, D ^g   Ballardin, G ^h   Barone, Fabrio ^a,b   Barsuglia, Matteo ⁱ   Barsotti, Lisa ^c   Beauville, Fabrice ^j   Bigotta, Stefano ^c   Birindelli, Simona ^c   Bizouard, Marie Anne ⁱ   Boceara, Albert Claude ^k   Bondu, François ^e   Bosi, Leone ^d   Braccini, Stefano ^c   Bradaschia, Carlo ^c   Brillet, Alain ^e   Brisson, Violette ⁱ   Brocco, Laura ^f   Buskulic, Damir ^j   Calloni, Enrico ^a,b   Campagna, Enrico ^l,m,n   Carbognani, Franco ^h   Cavalier, Fabien ⁱ   Cavalieri, Roberto ^h   Cella, Giancarlo ^c   Cesarini, E ^l,m,n   Chassande Mottin, Eric ^e   Christensen, N ^h   Clapson, Andre Claude ⁱ   Cleva, Frédéric ^e   Corda, Christian ^c   Corsi, A ^f   Cottone, Francesco ^d   Coulon, Jean Pierre ^e   Cuoco, Elena ^h   Dari, Anna ^d   Datillo, Vincenzo ^h   Davier, Michel ⁱ   Del Prete, M ^h   De Rosa, Rosario ^a,b   Di Fiore, Luciano ^a,b   Di Virgilio, Angela ^c   Dujardin, Bénédicte ^e   Eleuteri, A ^a,b   Ferrante, Isidoro ^c   Fidecaro, Francesco ^c   Fiori, Irene ^c   Flaminio, Raffaele ^h,j   Fournier, Jean Daniel ^e   Frasca, Sergio ^f   Frasconi, Franco ^c,h   Francois, Olivier ^h   Gammaitoni, Luca ^d   Garufi, F ^a,b   Genin, E ^h   Gennai, Alberto ^c   Giazotto, Adalberto ^c   Giordano, G ^g   Giordano, Lara ^a,b   Gouaty, Romain ^j   Grosjean, Daniel ^j   Guidi, Gianluca M ^l,m,n   Hebri, Salem ^h   Heitmann, Henrich ^e   Hello, Patrice ⁱ   Karkar, Sonia ^j   Kreckelbergh, Stephane ⁱ   La Penna, Paolo ^h   Laval, Mikael ^e   Leroy, Nicolas ⁱ   Letendre, Nicolas ⁱ   Lopez, B ^h   Lorenzini, Matteo ^l,m,n   Loriette, Vincent ^k   Losurdo, Giovanni ^l,m,n   Mackowski, Jean Marie ^o   Majorana, Ettore ^f   Mantovani, Maddalena ^c   Marchesoni, Fabio ^d   Marion, Frédérique ^j   Marque, Julien ^h   Martelli, Filippo ^l,m,n   Masserot, Alain ^j   Mazzoni, Massimo ^l,m,n   Menzinger, F ^h   Moreau, J ^k   Milano, Leopoldo ^a,b   Moins, Christophe ^h   Morgado, Nazario ^o   Mours, Benoit ^j   Nary Man, Catherine ^e   Nocera, Flavio ^h   Pai, A ^f   Palomba, Cristiano ^f   Paoletti, Federico ^h   Pardi, Silvio ^a,b   Pasqualetti, Antonio ^h   Passaquieti, Roberto ^c   Passuello, Diego ^c   Perniola, B ^l,m,n   Piergiovanni, Francesco ^l,m,n   Pinard, Laurent ^o   Poggiani, Rosa ^c   Punturo, Michele ^d   Puppo, Paola ^f   Qipiani, K ^a,b   Rapagnani, Piero ^f   Reita, V ^k   Remillieux, Alban ^o   Ricci, Fulvio ^f   Ricciardi, Iolanda ^a,b   Ruggi, Paolo ^h   Russo, Guido ^a,b   Solimeno, Salvatore ^a,b   Spallicci, Alessandro ^e   Stanga, R ^l,m,n   Tarallo, M ^c   Toncelli, Alessandra ^c   Tonelli, Mauro ^c   Tournefier, Edwige ^j   Travasso, Flávio ^d   Tremola, C ^c   Vajente, Gabriele ^c   Verkindt, Didier ^j   Vetrano, Flavia ^l,m,n   Viceré, Andrea ^l,m,n   Vinet, Jean Yves ^e   Vocea, Helios ^d   Yvert, Michel ^j   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^h EUROPEAN GRAVITATIONAL OBSERVATORY EGO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^k PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^l INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^o LMA   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SPECIFICATIONS;

VIRGO INTERFEROMETER;

OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL;

EID: 34547522047     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.46.003466     Document Type: Article

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