Low thermal noise TiO2-doped GeO2 for gravitational wave detectors

Autor: Aaron Davenport, Gabriele Vajente, Nicholas Demos, Le Yang, Mariana Fazio, Alena Ananyeva, GariLynn Billingsley, François Schiettekatte, Martin Chicoine, Ashot Markosyan, Riccardo Bassiri, Martin M. Fejer, Slawek Gras, Mathew Evans, Carmen S. Menoni
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2022.sf3o.3
Popis: TiO2 doped GeO2 thin films with excellent optical properties and exceptionally low mechanical loss for a ternary amorphous oxide are used to demonstrate interference coatings with low thermal noise for the test masses of gravitational wave interferometers.
Databáze: OpenAIRE