Large-angle scattered light measurements for quantum-noise filter cavity design studies

Details Large-angle scattered light measurements for quantum-noise filter cavity design studies Large-angle scattered light measurements for quantum-noise filter cavity design studies

2012-04-11

arxiv.org/abs/1204.2528v1

Physics

Optics

11 pages, 9 figures

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Optical loss from scattered light could limit the performance of quantum-noise filter cavities being considered for an upgrade to the Advanced LIGO gravitational-wave detectors. This paper describes imaging scatterometer measurements of the large-angle scattered light from two high-quality sample optics, a high reflector and a beam splitter. These optics are each superpolished fused silica substrates with silica:tantala dielectric coatings. They represent the current state-of-the art optical technology for use in filter cavities. We present angle-resolved scatter values and integrate these to estimate the total scatter over the measured angles. We find that the total integrated light scattered into larger angles can be as small as 4 ppm.

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