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Criteria for identifying and evaluating locations that could potentially host the Cosmic Explorer observatories
Kathryne J. Daniel, Joshua R. Smith, Stefan Ballmer +19
Cosmic Explorer (CE) is a next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave observatory that is being designed in the 2020s and is envisioned to begin operations in the 2030s togethe…
Point Absorber Limits to Future Gravitational-Wave Detectors
W. Jia, H. Yamamoto, K. Kuns +198
High-quality optical resonant cavities require low optical loss, typically on the scale of parts per million. However, unintended micron-scale contaminants on the resonator mirrors…
Optical and mechanical properties of ion-beam-sputtered NbO and TiO-NbO thin films for gravitational-wave interferometers
N. Demos, M. Granata, S. Gras +10
Brownian thermal noise associated with highly-reflective mirror coatings is a fundamental limit for several precision experiments, including gravitational-wave detectors. Recently,…
Point absorbers in Advanced LIGO
Aidan F. Brooks, Gabriele Vajente, Hiro Yamamoto +198
Small, highly absorbing points are randomly present on the surfaces of the main interferometer optics in Advanced LIGO. The resulting nano-meter scale thermo-elastic deformations a…
Direct Measurement of Coating Thermal Noise in Optical Resonators
S. Gras, M. Evans
The best measurements of space and time currently possible (e.g. gravitational wave detectors and optical reference cavities) rely on optical resonators, and are ultimately limited…
Control strategy to limit duty cycle impact of earthquakes on the LIGO gravitational-wave detectors
S. Biscans, J. Warner, R. Mittleman +12
Advanced gravitational-wave detectors such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatories (LIGO) require an unprecedented level of isolation from the ground. When in…