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Intrinsic Defects in Amorphous Optical Coatings of TiO-doped GeO for Gravitational-wave Detectors
K. Prasai, K. Lee, R. Bassiri +6
The increased laser power of future gravitational-wave detectors will require mirror coatings with optical absorption below 0.1 ppm per mirror. TiO-doped GeO, currently the…
Low mechanical loss TiO:GeO coatings for reduced thermal noise in Gravitational Wave Interferometers
Gabriele Vajente, Le Yang, Aaron Davenport +11
The sensitivity of current and planned gravitational wave interferometric detectors is limited, in the most critical frequency region around 100 Hz, by a combination of quantum noi…
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…
Enhanced Medium Range Order in Vapor Deposited Germania Glasses at Elevated Temperatures
Le Yang, Gabriele Vajente, Mariana Fazio +9
Glasses are nonequilibrium solids with properties highly dependent on their method of preparation. In vapor-deposited molecular glasses, structural organization could be readily tu…
Structural evolution of binary oxide nanolaminates with annealing and its impact on room-temperature internal friction
Le Yang, Mariana Fazio, Gabriele Vajente +6
Internal friction in oxide thin films imposes a critical limitation to the sensitivity and stability of ultra-high finesse optical cavities for gravitational wave detectors. Strate…
Optical parametric oscillation in silicon carbide nanophotonics
Melissa A. Guidry, Ki Youl Yang, Daniil M. Lukin +4
Silicon carbide (SiC) is rapidly emerging as a leading platform for the implementation of nonlinear and quantum photonics. Here, we find that commercial SiC, which hosts a variety…