Contents
List of contributors .......................................... vii
Foreword ....................................................... xi
Preface ...................................................... xiii
1 Theory of thermal noise in optical mirrors ................... 1
Y. LEVIN
2 Coating technology ........................................... 6
S. CHAO
3 Compendium of thermal noises in optical mirrors ............. 20
V.B. BRAGINSKY, M.L. GORODETSKY, AND S.P. VYATCHANIN
4 Coating thermal noise ....................................... 31
I. MARTIN AND S. REID
5 Direct measurements of coating thermal noise ................ 55
K. NUMATA
6 Methods of improving thermal noise .......................... 73
S. BALLMER AND K. SOMIYA
7 Substrate thermal noise ..................................... 93
S. ROWAN AND I. MARTIN
8 Cryogenics ................................................. 108
K. NUMATA AND K. YAMAMOTO
9 Thermo-optic noise ......................................... 129
M. EVANS AND G. OGIN
10 Absorption and thermal issues .............................. 145
P. WILLEMS, D.J. OTTAWAY, AND P. BEYERSDORF
11 Optical scatter ............................................ 163
J.R. SMITH AND M.E. ZUCKER
12 Reflectivity and thickness optimization .................... 173
I.M. PINTO, M. PRINCIPE, AND R. DESALVO
13 Beam shaping ............................................... 196
A. FREISE
14 Gravitational wave detection ............................... 216
D.J. OTTAWAY AND S.D. PENN
15 High-precision laser stabilization via optical cavities .... 237
M.J. MARTIN AND J. YE
16 Quantum optomechanics ...................................... 259
G.D. COLE AND M. ASPELMEYER
17 Cavity quantum electrodynamics ............................. 280
T.E. NORTHUP
References .................................................... 296
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