most citedSensitivity Studies for Third-Generation Gravitational Wave Observatories

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gr-qc2011★ 12 cited

Scientific Potential of Einstein Telescope

B. Sathyaprakash, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese +138

Einstein gravitational-wave Telescope (ET) is a design study funded by the European Commission to explore the technological challenges of and scientific benefits from building a th…

gr-qc2011★ 13 cited

Reducing Thermal Noise in Future Gravitational Wave Detectors by employing Khalili Etalons

Alexey G. Gurkovsky, Daniel Heiner, Stefan Hild +4

Reduction of thermal noise in dielectric mirror coatings is a key issue for the sensitivity improvement in second and third generation interferometric gravitational wave detectors.…

gr-qc2011★ 26 cited

Effect of interference on thermal noise and coating optimization in dielectric mirrors

N. M. Kondratiev, A. G. Gurkovsky, M. L. Gorodetsky

Optical multilayer coatings of high-reflective mirrors significantly determine the properties of Fabry-Perot resonators. Thermal (Brownian) noise in these coatings produce excess p…

gr-qc2011★ 13 cited

Reduction of coating thermal noise by using an etalon

Kentaro Somiya, Daniel Heinert, Alexey G. Gurkovsky +3

Reduction of coating thermal noise is a key issue in precise measurements with an optical interferometer. A good example of such a measurement device is a gravitational-wave detect…

gr-qc2010★ 1.1k cited

Sensitivity Studies for Third-Generation Gravitational Wave Observatories

S. Hild, M. Abernathy, F. Acernese +136

Advanced gravitational wave detectors, currently under construction, are expected to directly observe gravitational wave signals of astrophysical origin. The Einstein Telescope, a…

gr-qc2010

Accurate calculation of thermal noise in multilayer coating

Alexey Gurkovsky, Sergey Vyatchanin

We derive accurate formulas for thermal fluctuations in multilayer interferometric coating taking into account light propagation inside the coating. In particular, we calculate the…