Building the Quietest Space on Earth: Precision Optical Systems for Advanced LIGO

Brian Lantz

doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.STh4P.3

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (2016) (Optica Publishing Group, 2016),
paper STh4P.3
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.STh4P.3

Building the Quietest Space on Earth: Precision Optical Systems for Advanced LIGO

Brian Lantz

CLEO: Science and Innovations 2016

San Jose, California United States
5–10 June 2016
ISBN: 978-1-943580-11-8

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Laser Interfometric Gravitational Wave Detection: Present and Future (STh4P)

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Abstract

The recent detection of gravitational waves was made possible by the finest laser interferometers ever built. I will describe Advanced LIGO’s optics, isolation, and control systems and discuss how the recent upgrades have changed our ability to “listen” to the universe.

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