Results of the calibration of interferometer transmission flats for the LIGO Pathfinder optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3134, Issue , 1997, Pages 86-94

  Bourgeois, Robert P ^a   Magner, Joann ^a   Stahl, H Philip ^a  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute calibration; Interferometry; LIGO; Optical testing; Transmission flats

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETRY; MODULATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TESTING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION; CALIBRATION ALGORITHMS; LASER INTERFEROMETERS; LIGO; REFLECTION ERRORS; SURFACE FIGURE; TRANSMISSION FLATS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 58749101388     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.295121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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