Thermal Noise in Interferometric Detectors - the LIGO Optimized Coatings

Document #:

LIGO-G1601902-x0

Document type:

G - Presentations (eg Graphics)

Abstract:

Presents a review of thermal noise in interferometric detectors, directions for coating thermal noise reduction, and the ideas that led to the development of aLIGO coatings.

Files in Document:

None

Topics:

• Core Optics

Authors:

• Innocenzo M Pinto

Keywords:

thermal noise optical coatings

Publication Information:

Invited talk at XI SIGRAV (Italian National Conference on General Relativity and Gravitational Physics), Cefalu', IT, Sept.12-18 2016.