Progress in the measurement and reduction of thermal noise in optical coatings for gravitational-wave detectors

Abstract

Coating thermal noise is a fundamental limit for precision experiments based on optical and quantum transducers. In this review, after a brief overview of the techniques for coating thermal noise measurements, we present the latest world-wide research activity on low-noise coatings, with a focus on the results obtained at the Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés. We report new updated values for the Ta${}_2$O${}_5$, Ta${}_2$O${}_5$-TiO${}_2$ and SiO${}_2$ coatings of the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA detectors, and new results from sputtered Nb${}_2$O${}_5$, TiO${}_2$-Nb${}_2$O${}_5$, Ta${}_2$O${}_5$-ZrO${}_2$, MgF${}_2$, AlF${}_3$ and silicon nitride coatings. Amorphous silicon, crystalline coatings, high-temperature deposition, multi-material coatings and composite layers are also briefly discussed, together with the latest developments of structural analyses and models.

arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1909.03737

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