Scattering in sapphire test masses for gravitational wave detectors

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Ju, L ^a   Chen, X ^a   Yan, Z ^a,b   Zhao, C ^a   Blair, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic crystal; Polarizability; Sapphire test masses; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; ANISOTROPIC CRYSTAL; ANISOTROPIC CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL AXIS; CRYSTAL OPTICAL AXIS; DIPOLE RADIATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; INCIDENT BEAMS; INCIDENT LIGHT; OPTICAL SCATTERING; POLARIZABILITIES; POLARIZABILITY; SCATTERING MATRICES; TOTAL SCATTERING;

ANISOTROPY; CORUNDUM; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLARIZATION; SAPPHIRE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TESTING;

SCATTERING;

EID: 70450175968     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/12/125205     Document Type: Article

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