UPDATE: Study of scattering points on LIGO mirrors

Document #:

LIGO-G1600163-v3

Document type:

G - Presentations (eg Graphics)

Abstract:

Study of images of the the advanced LIGO mirror illuminated by the stored beam show hundreds of thousands of individual scattering points of continuously decreasing amplitude. The large number of scatterers observed indicate that the scatterers are most likely the result of a thermodynamic nucleation process.

Files in Document:

• presentation to coating group (LGlover-CoatingUpdate-Pres-FINAL.ppt, 5.3 MB)

Topics:

• Core Optics
• Basic R&D

Authors:

• Lamar Glover
• Riccardo DeSalvo
• Innocenzo M Pinto

Keywords:

scattering crystallites nucleation

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