Anomalous optical surface absorption in nominally pure silicon samples at 1550 nm

Keyphrases

• Gravitational Wave Detectors 100%
• Low Mechanical Loss 100%
• Optical Surface 100%
• Pure Silicon 100%
• Silicon Sample 100%
• Polishing Process 100%
• Surface Absorption 100%
• Test Mass 100%
• Detection Rate 50%
• Low Temperature 50%
• Direct Detection 50%
• Low Absorption 50%
• LIGO Detectors 50%
• Advanced LIGO 50%
• Interferometer 50%
• Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detector 50%
• Virgo 50%
• Gravitational Wave Astronomy 50%
• Silicon-based 50%
• Cryogenic Detectors 50%
• Absorption Material 50%
• Surface Loss 50%
• Low Optical Loss 50%

INIS

• losses 100%
• surfaces 100%
• absorption 100%
• silicon 100%
• gravitational waves 75%
• detection 50%
• polishing 50%
• sensitivity 25%
• proposals 25%
• mirrors 25%
• noise 25%
• cryogenics 25%
• astronomy 25%
• gravitational wave detectors 25%
• interferometers 25%

Physics

• Gravitational Wave 100%
• Gravitational Wave Detectors 50%
• Optical Loss 50%
• Gravitational Wave Astronomy 50%