Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
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.
DOI
10.1364/JOSAB.29.001784
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Palashov, Oleg V.; Zheleznov, Dmitry S.; Voitovich, Alexander V.; Zelenogorsky, Victor V.; Kamenetsky, Eugene E.; Khazanov, Efim A.; Martin, Rodica; Dooley, Katherine L.; Williams, Luke; Lucianetti, Antonio; Quetschke, Volker; Mueller, Guido; Reitze, David H.; Tanner, David B.; Genin, Eric; Canuel, Benjamin; and Marque, Julien, "High-Vacuum-Compatible High-Power Faraday Isolators for Gravitational-Wave Interferometers" (2012). Department of Physics and Astronomy Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 78.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/physics-astron-facpubs/78
Published Citation
Palashov, O. V., Zheleznov, D. S., Voitovich, A. V., Zelenogorsky, V. V., Kamenetsky, E. E., Khazanov, E. A., ... & Marque, J. (2012). High-vacuum-compatible high-power Faraday isolators for gravitational-wave interferometers. JOSA B, 29(7), 1784-1792.