Effects of mode degeneracy in the LIGO Livingston Observatory recycling cavity

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2821-2828

  Gretarsson, Andri M ^a   D'Ambrosio, Erika ^b   Frolov, Valery ^c   O'Reilly, Brian ^c   Fritschel, Peter K ^d  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LIGO LIVINGSTON OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; LASER INTERFEROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE OBSERVATORY (LIGO); RECYCLING CAVITY; THERMAL COMPENSATION SYSTEM;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 37549065914     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002821     Document Type: Article

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