Cosmic Explorer is a concept for a new laser interferometric observatory in the United States
to extend ground-based gravitational-wave astrophysics into the coming decades. Aiming to …

Ground-based gravitational-wave detectors like Cosmic Explorer (CE) can be tuned to
improve their sensitivity at high or low frequencies by tuning the response of the signal …

High finesse optical cavities of current interferometric gravitational-wave detectors are
significantly limited in sensitivity by laser quantum noise and coating thermal noise. The …

We model amorphous Zirconia-doped Tantala with machine learning interactomc potentials
based on explicit multielement spectral neighbor analysis (EME-SNAP). These atomic …

The mechanical loss of amorphous thin films of germania (GeO 2) and titania-doped
germania (Ti: GeO 2) deposited by ion-beam sputtering onto silicon double-paddle …

High finesse optical cavities have been the backbone of realizing narrow linewidth lasers to
drive coherent excitations on dipole-forbidden transitions in atoms and ions for applications …

Amorphous mixed titania-tantala coatings are key components of Bragg reflectors in
gravitational-wave detectors (GWDs). Attaining the lowest possible values of optical …

Low internal friction coatings are key components of advanced technologies such as optical
atomic clocks and high-finesse optical cavities and often lie at the forefront of the most …

Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO A+) is a major
upgrade to LIGO—the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory. For the A+ …

Electrostatic charging is a known unwanted noise source that can limit measurement
sensitivity of present and future gravitational wave detectors. A mitigation method has been …