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physics.optics2026

Fabrication-Aware Design of a Hybrid Metasurface-Bragg Mirror for Low-Noise Precision Optics

Mika Gaedtke, Christian Kranhold, Markus Walther +3

High-reflectivity coatings for precision interferometry must simultaneously minimize optical losses and thermally driven displacement noise. Dielectric Bragg mirrors provide robust…

physics.optics2026

High-Beam-Quality Meta-Grating Couplers for Large Collimated Free-Space Beams on Silicon-on-Insulator

Max Schittenhelm, Sebastian Häfner, Steffen Sauer +1

Photonic integrated circuits on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform typically interface with free space via grating couplers, but scaling these to collimated beams with diamete…

astro-ph.IM2026

Beyond Bragg-Mirrors for Gravitational Wave Telescopes: A Fabrication Tolerant Hybrid Metasurface-Bragg Mirror Design

Christian Kranhold, Mika Gaedtke, Markus Walther +3

Coating thermal noise in high-reflectivity test-mass mirrors is a major limitation for future gravitational-wave detectors, especially in the 10--300 Hz band. ET-Pathfinder therefo…

physics.optics2026

Cordierite-based optical resonators with extremely low thermal expansion

Nico Wagner, Thomas Legero, Stefanie Kroker

Applications for ultra-stable lasers outside controlled laboratory environments require compact and robust optical resonators with reduced sensitivity to temperature fluctuations.…

physics.optics2026

Benchmarking Dual-Polarization Silicon Nitride Photonic Integrated Circuits for Trapped-Ion Quantum Technologies

Carl-Frederik Grimpe, Anastasiia Lüßmann-Sorokina, Guochun Du +10

Trapped ions are one of the most advanced platforms for quantum technologies, with applications ranging from quantum computing to precision timekeeping. A crucial step towards more…