@inproceedings{1fa2868e0a424ae6a076c546a2a183b1,
title = "Tantalum oxide and silica mixture coatings deposited using microwave plasma assisted co-sputtering for optical mirror coatings in gravitational wave detectors",
abstract = "This work presents the characterisation of optical and mechanical properties of thin films based on (Ta2O5)1-x(SiO2)x mixed oxides deposited by microwave plasma assisted co-sputtering to demonstrate their potential as optical coatings in gravitational wave detectors.",
author = "Shigeng Song and Sijia Cai and Daxing Han and Nu{\~n}ez, {Carlos Garc{\'i}a} and Gong Zhan and Gavin Wallace and Lewis Fleming and Kieran Craig and Stuart Reid and Iain Martin and Sheila Rowan and Des Gibson",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments: Authors would like to thank the University of the West of Scotland, University of Strathclyde, University of Glasgow, and Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for financial support (ST/V005626/1). Authors also thank their colleagues within LIGO Scientific Collaboration for advice & support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 TheAuthor(s); Optical Interference Coatings, OIC 2022 ; Conference date: 19-06-2022 Through 24-06-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1364/OIC.2022.WB.2",
language = "English",
series = "Technical Digest Papers",
publisher = "Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)",
editor = "R. Sargent and A. Sytchkova",
booktitle = "Optical Interference Coatings Conference (OIC) 2022",
}