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Study on electro-optic noise in crystalline coatings toward future gravitational wave detectors
Satoshi Tanioka, Daniel Vander-Hyde, Garrett D. Cole +2
Thermal noise in high-reflectivity mirror coatings is a limiting factor in ground-based gravitational wave detectors. Reducing this coating thermal noise improves the sensitivity o…
Exploration of co-sputtered TaO-ZrO thin films for gravitational-wave detectors
M. Abernathy, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva +45
We report on the development and extensive characterization of co-sputtered tantala-zirconia thin films, with the goal to decrease coating Brownian noise in present and future grav…
Effect of Optical Coating and Surface Treatments on Mechanical Loss in Fused Silica
Andri M. Gretarsson, Gregory M. Harry, Steven D. Penn +3
We report on the mechanical loss in fused silica samples with various surface treatments and compare them with samples having an optical coating. Mild surface treatments such as wa…