Apparatus to Measure Optical Scatter of Coatings Versus Annealing Temperature. (arXiv:1901.11400v1 [astro-ph.IM])

Apparatus to Measure Optical Scatter of Coatings Versus Annealing Temperature. (arXiv:1901.11400v1 [astro-ph.IM])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Smith_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Joshua R. Smith</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Adhikari_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Rana X Adhikari</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Aleman_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Katerin M. Aleman</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Avila_Alvarez_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Adrian Avila-Alvarez</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Billingsley_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Garilynn Billingsley</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gleckl_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Amy Gleckl</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Guerrero_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jazlyn Guerrero</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Markosyan_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Ashot Markosyan</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Penn_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Steven Penn</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rocha_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Juan A. Rocha</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rose_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Dakota Rose</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Wright_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Robert Wright</a>

Light scattered by amorphous thin-film optical coatings limits the
sensitivity of interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. We describe an
imaging scatterometer to assess the role that crystal growth during annealing
plays in this scatter.

Light scattered by amorphous thin-film optical coatings limits the
sensitivity of interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. We describe an
imaging scatterometer to assess the role that crystal growth during annealing
plays in this scatter.

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