TY - JOUR
T1 - High-vacuum-compatible high-power Faraday isolators for gravitational-wave interferometers
AU - Palashov, Oleg V.
AU - Zheleznov, Dmitry S.
AU - Voitovich, Alexander V.
AU - Zelenogorsky, Victor V.
AU - Kamenetsky, Eugene E.
AU - Khazanov, Efim A.
AU - Martin, Rodica M.
AU - Dooley, Katherine L.
AU - Williams, Luke
AU - Lucianetti, Antonio
AU - Quetschke, Volker
AU - Mueller, Guido
AU - Reitze, David H.
AU - Tanner, David B.
AU - Genin, Eric
AU - Canuel, Benjamin
AU - Marque, Julien
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - Faraday isolators play a key role in the operation of large-scale gravitational-wave detectors. Second-generation gravitational-wave interferometers such as the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Advanced Virgo will use high-average-power cw lasers (up to 200 W) requiring specially designed Faraday isolators that are immune to the effects resulting from the laser beam absorption-degraded isolation ratio, thermal lensing, and thermally induced beam steering. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of Faraday isolators designed specifically for high-performance operation in high-power gravitational-wave interferometers.
AB - Faraday isolators play a key role in the operation of large-scale gravitational-wave detectors. Second-generation gravitational-wave interferometers such as the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Advanced Virgo will use high-average-power cw lasers (up to 200 W) requiring specially designed Faraday isolators that are immune to the effects resulting from the laser beam absorption-degraded isolation ratio, thermal lensing, and thermally induced beam steering. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of Faraday isolators designed specifically for high-performance operation in high-power gravitational-wave interferometers.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84863819523
U2 - 10.1364/JOSAB.29.001784
DO - 10.1364/JOSAB.29.001784
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863819523
SN - 0740-3224
VL - 29
SP - 1784
EP - 1792
JO - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
JF - Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
IS - 7
ER -