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Physics Letters A

Volume 194, Issues 1–2, 24 October 1994, Pages 124-132
Physics Letters A

Condensed matter
Thermal lensing in recycling interferometric gravitational wave detectors

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Abstract

Thermal lensing limits the performance of advanced interferometric gravitational wave detectors that use high light powers. We evaluate the effects of thermal lensing in such systems and estimate their gravitational wave sensitivity assuming that fused silica optical substrates are employed. Although useful sensitivity can be achieved with established designs, the new technique of resonant sideband extraction is most promising for wideband detectors.

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1

Permanent address: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.

2

Also at Institut fur Atom- and Molekülphysik, Universität Hannover, Appelstrasse 2, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.

3

Now at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa 229, Japan.

4

Permanent address: TMC,15 Centenial Drive, Peabody, MA 01960, USA.

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