K. Prasai

activity

20152026

most citedAll-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data

149 citations · 399 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

13 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Intrinsic Defects in Amorphous Optical Coatings of TiO $_{2}$ -doped GeO $_{2}$ 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 $_{2}$ -doped GeO $_{2}$ , currently the…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Network Topology of Hafnia-Based Amorphous Optical Coatings by Grazing-Incidence X-ray Total Scattering and Atomic Modeling

K. Prasai, B. LaBell, K. H. Lee +4

Amorphous hafnia-based films are promising optical-coating materials for cryogenic GW detectors, but their performance depends on how doping and annealing modify the atomic network…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Atomic Structure of Amorphous Optical Coatings of TiO $_{2}$ -doped GeO $_{2}$ by Grazing-Incidence Total X-ray Scattering Measurements

K. Prasai, J. Jiang, K. Lee +13

Reducing coating thermal noise in future gravitational-wave detectors requires identifying the atomic motifs that control mechanical loss in amorphous optical coatings. We combine…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 1 cited

Machine Learning Assisted Modeling of Amorphous TiO $_{2}$ -Doped GeO $_{2}$ for Advanced LIGO Mirror Coatings

Jun Jiang, Rui Zhang, Kiran Prasai +4

The mechanical loss angle of amorphous TiO $_{2}$ -doped GeO $_{2}$ can be lower than 10 $^{- 4}$ , making it a candidate for Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) mirro…

physics.ins-det2021★ 67 cited

Low mechanical loss TiO $_{2}$ :GeO $_{2}$ 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…

physics.ins-det2021★ 28 cited

Exploration of co-sputtered Ta $_{2}$ O $_{5}$ -ZrO $_{2}$ 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…

Intrinsic Defects in Amorphous Optical Coatings of TiO2​-doped GeO2​ for Gravitational-wave Detectors

Network Topology of Hafnia-Based Amorphous Optical Coatings by Grazing-Incidence X-ray Total Scattering and Atomic Modeling

Atomic Structure of Amorphous Optical Coatings of TiO2​-doped GeO2​ by Grazing-Incidence Total X-ray Scattering Measurements

Machine Learning Assisted Modeling of Amorphous TiO2​-Doped GeO2​ for Advanced LIGO Mirror Coatings

Low mechanical loss TiO2​:GeO2​ coatings for reduced thermal noise in Gravitational Wave Interferometers

Exploration of co-sputtered Ta2​O5​-ZrO2​ thin films for gravitational-wave detectors

Intrinsic Defects in Amorphous Optical Coatings of TiO $_{2}$ -doped GeO $_{2}$ for Gravitational-wave Detectors

Atomic Structure of Amorphous Optical Coatings of TiO $_{2}$ -doped GeO $_{2}$ by Grazing-Incidence Total X-ray Scattering Measurements

Machine Learning Assisted Modeling of Amorphous TiO $_{2}$ -Doped GeO $_{2}$ for Advanced LIGO Mirror Coatings

Low mechanical loss TiO $_{2}$ :GeO $_{2}$ coatings for reduced thermal noise in Gravitational Wave Interferometers

Exploration of co-sputtered Ta $_{2}$ O $_{5}$ -ZrO $_{2}$ thin films for gravitational-wave detectors