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Finding the Maximal Contrast of Two Elliptical Gaussian Mode Beams with Aligned Ellipticities

Mark Zhu, Sina M. Koehlenbeck, Edgard Bonilla +1

Interferometric contrast is a key factor limiting the sensitivity of precision optical measurements, including the laser interferometers used in gravitational-wave detection. While…

physics.optics2025★ 5 cited

Tunable coherence laser interferometry: demonstrating 40dB of straylight suppression and compatibility with resonant optical cavities

Daniel Voigt, Leonie Eggers, Katharina-Sophie Isleif +3

A major limitation of laser interferometers using continuous wave lasers are parasitic light fields, such as ghost beams, scattered or stray light, which can cause non-linear noise…

physics.optics2024

Quasi Monolithic Fiber Collimators

Jonathan Joseph Carter, Steffen Böhme, Kevin Weber +6

Interferometric displacement measurements, especially in space interferometry applications, face challenges from thermal expansion. Bonded assemblies of ultra-low thermal expansion…

physics.optics2024★ 6 cited

Dynamic motion trajectory control with nanoradian accuracy for multi-element X-ray optical systems via laser interferometry

Sina M Koehlenbeck, Lance Lee, Mario D Balcazar +14

The past decades have witnessed the development of new X-ray beam sources with brightness growing at a rate surpassing Moore's law. Current and upcoming diffraction limited and ful…

physics.optics2011★ 17 cited

The 10m AEI prototype facility A brief overview

Tobias Westphal, Gerald Bergmann, Alessandro Bertolini +24

The AEI 10 m prototype interferometer facility is currently being constructed at the Albert Einstein Institute in Hannover, Germany. It aims to perform experiments for future gravi…