Amorphous silicon with extremely low absorption : beating thermal noise in gravitational astronomy
- Submitting institution
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University of Strathclyde
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 89893185
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.191101
- Title of journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Article number
- 191101
- First page
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- Volume
- 121
- Issue
- 19
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 9 - Physics
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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13
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This paper supported the £11M STFC and $20.5 US funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory ‘LIGO A+’ upgrade (contact: Prof David Reitze), and led to author Reid becoming Chair of the LIGO Optics Working Group (contact: Patrick Brady) and the Einstein Telescope (contact: Dr Michele Punturo). It helped secure £2.2M to establish the Centre for Extreme Performance Optical Coatings (contact: Chris Dungey), £414k from the STFC (https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FT006668%2F1), and Reid’s Royal Society Industry Fellowship with Helia Photonics (contact: Thusi Mohanarajah, Royal Society). Technology commercialisation is supported by £618k of funding from the STFC and Gooch and Housego Ltd (contact: Dr Peter MacKay).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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