Temperature-dependent photo-elastic coefficient of silicon at 1550 nm

J Dickmann, J Meyer, M Gaedtke, S Kroker - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This paper presents a study on the temperature dependent photo-elastic coefficient in single-
crystal silicon with (100) and (110) orientations at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The …

Effects of mirror birefringence and its fluctuations to laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors

Y Michimura, H Wang, F Salces-Carcoba, C Wipf… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Crystalline materials are promising candidates as substrates or high-reflective coatings of
mirrors to reduce thermal noises in future laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors …

Characterization of birefringence inhomogeneity of kagra sapphire mirrors from transmitted wavefront error measurements

H Wang, Y Aso, M Leonardi, M Eisenmann, E Hirose… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
Cooling down test masses to cryogenic temperatures is a way to reduce the thermal noise of
gravitational wave detectors. Crystalline materials are considered the most promising …

Birefringence in a Silicon Beamsplitter at 2um for Future Gravitational Wave Detectors

A Adam, C Blair, C Zhao - arxiv preprint arxiv:2410.23711, 2024 - arxiv.org
The next generation of gravitational wave detectors will move to cryogenic operation in order
to reduce thermal noise and thermal distortion. This necessitates a change in mirror …