Thermal Compensation in the LIGO Gravitational-wave Interferometers

Phil Willems

doi:10.1364/AOPT.2009.AOThA5

Frontiers in Optics 2009/Laser Science XXV/Fall 2009 OSA Optics & Photonics Technical Digest
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
paper AOThA5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/AOPT.2009.AOThA5

Thermal Compensation in the LIGO Gravitational-wave Interferometers

Phil Willems and for the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Adaptive Optics: Methods, Analysis and Applications 2009

San Jose, California United States
13–15 October 2009
ISBN: 978-1-55752-878-0

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Abstract

Gravitational-wave (GW) interferometers, such as LIGO, are susceptible to thermal aberrations that impair their performance. We describe thermal compensation in the LIGO GW interferometers, as well as future plans toward a fully adaptive system.

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