Opto-mechanical frequency shifting of scattered light

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Luck H ^a   Degallaix, J ^a   Grote, H ^a   Hewitson, M ^a   Hild, S ^b   Willke, B ^a   Danzmann, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gravitational waves; Interferometer; Modulation; Scattering

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY BANDS; LIGHT SCATTERING;

EXTERNAL SURFACES; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; INTERFEROMETER; MODULATION; NOISE CONTRIBUTIONS; NOISE REDUCTIONS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PATH LENGTH; OPTO-MECHANICAL; PHASE SHIFTERS; SCATTERED LIGHT; SCATTERING;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 52349114328     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/8/085004     Document Type: Article

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