2 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
Temperature induced optical scatter changes in titania-germania coatings
D. P. Kapasi, T. Counihan, J. R. Smith +2
Titania doped with tantala is the high index material (high n) for the optical coatings used in LIGO and Virgo and its thermal noise limits LIGO/Virgo observations of astrophysical…
physics.ins-det2025
Low thermal noise mirror coatings utilising titanium dioxide and germanium dioxide mixtures
M. Fazio, I. W. Martin, P. Hill +16
Upgrades to ground-based gravitational-wave observatories will require mirror coatings with reduced thermal noise, enabling improved detector sensitivity and extended astrophysical…