Mechanical loss in state-of-the-art amorphous optical coatings

Physical Review D

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Granata, Massimo ^a   Saracco, Emeline ^a,c   Morgado, Nazario ^a,d   Cajgfinger, Alix ^a   Cagnoli, Gianpietro ^a   Degallaix, Jérôme ^a   Dolique, Vincent ^a   Forest, Danièle ^a   Franc, Janyce ^a,e   Michel, Christophe ^a   Pinard, Laurent ^a   Flaminio, Raffaele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c ISORG   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE TRIBOLOGIE ET DYNAMIQUE DES SYSTÈMES   (France)

^e Claranor   (France)

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EID: 84956654382     PISSN: 24700010     EISSN: 24700029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.93.012007     Document Type: Article

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