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astro-ph.IM2016★ 12 cited
Thermal modelling of Advanced LIGO test masses
Haoyu Wang, Carl Blair, Miguel Dovale Álvarez +8
High-reflectivity fused silica mirrors are at the epicentre of current advanced gravitational wave detectors. In these detectors, the mirrors interact with high power laser beams.…
physics.ins-det2016★ 72 cited
Overview of Advanced LIGO Adaptive Optics
Aidan F. Brooks, Benjamin Abbott, Muzammil A. Arain +23
This is an overview of the adaptive optics used in Advanced LIGO (aLIGO), known as the thermal compensation system (TCS). The thermal compensation system was designed to minimize t…