High-vacuum-compatible high-power Faraday isolators for ravitational-wave interferometers

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Palashov, O.V. - Zheleznov, D.S. - Voitovich, A.V. - Zelenogorsky, V.V. - Kamenetsky, E.E. - Khazanov, E.A. - Martin, R.M. - Dooley, K.L. - Williams, L. - Lucianetti, Antonio - Quetschke, V. - Mueller, G. - Reitze, D.H. - Tanner, D. B. - Genin, E. - Canuel, B. - Marque, J.
High-vacuum-compatible high-power Faraday isolators for ravitational-wave interferometers.
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B. Roč. 29, č. 7 (2012), s. 1784-1792. ISSN 0740-3224. E-ISSN 1520-8540
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: terbium galium garnet * thermally-induced depolarization * self-induced depolarization * induced modal distortions * laser-radiation
Kód oboru RIV: BH - Optika, masery a lasery
Impakt faktor: 2.210, rok: 2012

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.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0231649