In situ measurement of absorption in high-power interferometers by using beam diameter measurements.
We present a simple technique to make in situ measurements of the absorption in the optics of high-power laser interferometers. The measurement is particularly useful to those commissioning large-scale high power optical systems.
Ottaway
David
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LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT NW17-161, 175 Albany Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. ottaway@ligo.mit.edu
Betzwieser
Joseph
J
Ballmer
Stefan
S
Waldman
Sam
S
Kells
William
W