@article{e04d03cf1e4d49c68fb6da2271e0320b,
title = "Optical and Mechanical Properties of Ion-Beam-Sputtered Mg F 2 Thin Films for Gravitational-Wave Interferometers",
abstract = "Brownian thermal noise associated with highly reflective coatings is a fundamental limit for several precision experiments, including gravitational-wave detectors. Research is currently ongoing to find coatings with low thermal noise that also fulfill strict optical requirements such as low absorption and scatter. We report on the optical and mechanical properties of ion-beam-sputtered magnesium fluoride thin films and we discuss the application of such coatings in current and future gravitational-wave detectors.",
author = "M. Granata and A. Amato and M. Bischi and M. Bazzan and G. Cagnoli and M. Canepa and M. Chicoine and {Di Michele}, A. and G. Favaro and D. Forest and Guidi, {G. M.} and G. Maggioni and F. Martelli and M. Menotta and M. Montani and F. Piergiovanni and F. Schiettekatte",
note = "Funding Information: This work has been promoted by the Laboratoire des Mat{\'e}riaux Avanc{\'e}s and partially supported by the Virgo Coating Research and Development (VCR&D) Collaboration. The work carried out at the Universit{\'e} de Montr{\'e}al is supported by the Fonds de Recherche du Qu{\'e}bec - Nature et Technologie through the Regroupement Qu{\'e}becois sur les Mat{\'e}riaux de Pointe, on equipment obtained in part thanks to the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). We would like to thank M. Gauch, F. Carstens, and H. Ehlers of the Laser Zentrum Hannover for the production of the thin films and for fruitful discussions, as well as M. Fazio for the first and accurate review of the manuscript. In the online document repositories of the LIGO and the Virgo Scientific Collaborations, this work has been assigned document numbers LIGO-P2100113 and VIR-0314D-21, respectively. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 American Physical Society.",
year = "2022",
month = mar,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevApplied.17.034058",
language = "English",
volume = "17",
journal = "Physical Review Applied",
issn = "2331-7019",
publisher = "American Physical Society",
number = "3",
}