Measurement of the optical parameters of the Virgo interferometer

Fausto Acernese, Mohamed Alshourbagy, Paolo Amico, S. Aoudia, Federica Antonucci, P. Astone, Saverio Avino, D. Babusci, G. Ballardin, Fabrio Barone, Matteo Barsuglia, Lisa Barsotti, Fabrice Beauville, Stefano Bigotta, Simona Birindelli, Marie Anne Bizouard, Albert Claude Boceara, François Bondu, Leone Bosi, Stefano BracciniCarlo Bradaschia, Alain Brillet, Violette Brisson, Laura Brocco, Damir Buskulic, Enrico Calloni, Enrico Campagna, Franco Carbognani, Fabien Cavalier, Roberto Cavalieri, Giancarlo Cella, E. Cesarini, Eric Chassande-Mottin, N. Christensen, Andre Claude Clapson, Frédéric Cleva, Christian Corda, A. Corsi, Francesco Cottone, Jean Pierre Coulon, Elena Cuoco, Anna Dari, Vincenzo Datillo, Michel Davier, M. Del Prete, Rosario De Rosa, Luciano Di Fiore, Angela Di Virgilio, Bénédicte Dujardin, A. Eleuteri, Isidoro Ferrante, Francesco Fidecaro, Irene Fiori, Raffaele Flaminio, Jean Daniel Fournier, Sergio Frasca, Franco Frasconi, Olivier Francois, Luca Gammaitoni, F. Garufi, E. Genin, Alberto Gennai, Adalberto Giazotto, G. Giordano, Lara Giordano, Romain Gouaty, Daniel Grosjean, Gianluca M. Guidi, Salem Hebri, Henrich Heitmann, Patrice Hello, Sonia Karkar, Stephane Kreckelbergh, Paolo La Penna, Mikael Laval, Nicolas Leroy, Nicolas Letendre, B. Lopez, Matteo Lorenzini, Vincent Loriette, Giovanni Losurdo, Jean Marie Mackowski, Ettore Majorana, Maddalena Mantovani, Fabio Marchesoni, Frédérique Marion, Julien Marque, Filippo Martelli, Alain Masserot, Massimo Mazzoni, F. Menzinger, J. Moreau, Leopoldo Milano, Christophe Moins, Nazario Morgado, Benoit Mours, Catherine Nary-Man, Flavio Nocera, A. Pai, Cristiano Palomba, Federico Paoletti, Silvio Pardi, Antonio Pasqualetti, Roberto Passaquieti, Diego Passuello, B. Perniola, Francesco Piergiovanni, Laurent Pinard, Rosa Poggiani, Michele Punturo, Paola Puppo, K. Qipiani, Piero Rapagnani, V. Reita, Alban Remillieux, Fulvio Ricci, Iolanda Ricciardi, Paolo Ruggi, Guido Russo, Salvatore Solimeno, Alessandro Spallicci, R. Stanga, M. Tarallo, Alessandra Toncelli, Mauro Tonelli, Edwige Tournefier, Flávio Travasso, C. Tremola, Gabriele Vajente, Didier Verkindt, Flavia Vetrano, Andrea Viceré, Jean Yves Vinet, Helios Vocea, Michel Yvert

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Abstract

The Virgo interferometer, aimed at detecting gravitational waves, is now in a commissioning phase. Measurements of its optical properties are needed for the understanding of the instrument. We present the techniques developed for the measurement of the optical parameters of Virgo. These parameters are compared with the Virgo specifications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3466-3484
Number of pages19
JournalApplied Optics
Volume46
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 10 2007

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