Atomic Precision Coatings to Enable Gravitational Wave Observations Ghent University
Gravitational waves (GW) are detected by interferometers with km-long detector arms. The sensitivity of these detectors is limited by the noise originating from the reflective coating of the detector mirrors. The state-of-the-art coating materials do not longer comply with the increasingly strict requirements regarding uniformity, high reflectivity, low optical absorption and low mechanical loss for future GW detectors. Due to the lack of a ...