Coatings and surface treatments for enhanced performance suspensions for future gravitational wave detectors

Physics & Astronomy

• surface treatment 100%
• gravitational waves 92%
• coatings 63%
• flexing 58%
• thermal noise 54%
• detectors 52%
• silicon 51%
• blades 48%
• performance 41%
• diamonds 37%
• silicon dioxide 36%
• cryogenic cooling 35%
• mirrors 33%
• carbon 31%
• softness 30%
• abrasion 30%
• LIGO (observatory) 29%
• brittle materials 29%
• argon plasma 27%
• flexural strength 26%
• pretreatment 25%
• durability 25%
• tensile strength 22%
• isolation 22%
• plastic deformation 20%
• astrophysics 20%
• assembly 20%
• curvature 18%
• preparation 17%
• low frequencies 16%
• sensitivity 13%
• room temperature 13%