The mechanical loss of tin (II) oxide thin-film coatings for charge mitigation in future gravitational wave detectors

S. Reid; I.W. Martin; A. Cumming; L. Cunningham; M. M. Fejer; G. Hammond; A. Heptonstall; J. Hough; A. Markosyan; P. Murray; R. Route; S. Rowan; Kirill Tokmakov

doi:10.1088/0264-9381/29/3/035002

The mechanical loss of tin (II) oxide thin-film coatings for charge mitigation in future gravitational wave detectors

S. Reid, I.W. Martin, A. Cumming, L. Cunningham, M. M. Fejer, G. Hammond, A. Heptonstall, J. Hough, A. Markosyan, P. Murray, R. Route, S. Rowan, Kirill Tokmakov

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Electrostatic charging of the mirrors and suspensions in interferometric gravitational wave detectors may compromise aspects of both the sensitivity and control of current and planned instruments. The use of conductive coatings of tin (II) oxide as a possible charge mitigation technique is investigated here, where we report measurements of the optical loss and mechanical loss for the first time at frequencies of interest for gravitational wave detection.

Original language	English
Number of pages	11
Journal	Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/29/3/035002
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

thermal noise
deposition
fused-silica
surface
electric charge
prototype
suspension
ligo
silica test mass
dependence

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Reid, S., Martin, I. W., Cumming, A., Cunningham, L., Fejer, M. M., Hammond, G., Heptonstall, A., Hough, J., Markosyan, A., Murray, P., Route, R., Rowan, S., & Tokmakov, K. (2012). The mechanical loss of tin (II) oxide thin-film coatings for charge mitigation in future gravitational wave detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 29(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/29/3/035002

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