Tenfold reduction of Brownian noise in high-reflectivity optical coatings

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 644-650

  Cole, Garrett D ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^c   Martin, Michael J ^c   Ye, Jun ^c   Aspelmeyer, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Crystalline Mirror Solutions GmbH   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MULTILAYERS; COATING TECHNOLOGIES; CRYSTALLINE COATINGS; DIELECTRIC MULTILAYERS; HIGH-REFLECTIVITY COATINGS; MECHANICAL DAMPING; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; PRECISION MEASUREMENT;

DAMPING; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COATINGS; REFLECTION;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84881159650     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.174     Document Type: Article

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