Measurements of the LIGO Pathfinder optics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3134, Issue , 1997, Pages 95-111

  Parks, Robert E ^a,b   Evans, Christopher J ^a   Sullivan, Paul J ^a,c   Shao, Lianzhen ^d   Loucks, Bryan E ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Optical Perspectives Group LLC   (United States)

^c KLA TENCOR CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Tucson Optical Research Corporation   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Absolute testing; Interferometry; LIGO; Optical testing

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FORESTRY; INTERFEROMETERS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; OPTICAL TESTING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TESTING;

ABSOLUTE TESTING; LIGO; REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 58749116864     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.295122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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