Advanced LIGO: The Science and Technology Behind the Detections of Gravitational Waves
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- LIGO-G1901882-v1
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- A presentation for the 2019 IEEE Photonics Conference, San Antonio, TX, Oct 2 2019 Abstract: LIGO has recently made revolutionary discoveries in astrophysics with the first detections of gravitational waves. In this talk, I will focus on the optical technologies behind the Advanced LIGO detectors as well as present challenges we face for improving those detectors in the future.
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- IEEE Photonics Plenary.pptx (243.3 MB)
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