SIMULATION OF THERMAL EFFECTS IN INTERFEROMETRIC GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS

Authors
HELLO P VINET JY
Citation
P. Hello et Jy. Vinet, SIMULATION OF THERMAL EFFECTS IN INTERFEROMETRIC GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTORS, Physics letters. A, 178(5-6), 1993, pp. 351-356
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
178
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
351 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1993)178:5-6<351:SOTEII>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We present the first complete simulation of the thermal effects, due t o light power absorption in optical components, that can occur in inte rferometric gravitational-wave detectors and restrict their sensitivit y. The simulation is achieved by coupling a fast optical propagation c ode with analytical formulas for thermal aberrations (thermal lens and thermoelastic distortions) of mirrors. Numerical results and implicat ions for the first generations of detectors are presented.