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physics.ins-det2017★ 40 cited
High-Reflection Coatings for Gravitational-Wave Detectors: State of The Art and Future Developments
Alex Amato, Gianpietro Cagnoli, Maurizio Canepa +10
We report on the optical, mechanical and structural characterization of the sputtered coating materials of Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-waves detectors. We…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 30 cited
Correlated evolution of structure and mechanical loss of a sputtered silica film
Massimo Granata, Elodie Coillet, Valérie Martinez +10
Energy dissipation in amorphous coatings severely affects high-precision optical and quantum transducers. In order to isolate the source of coating loss, we performed an extensive…