Study and development of silicon carbide stray light optical components for third generation gravitational wave detectors

Rudy Nahed (1) , Olivier Dalverny (1, 2) , Antonino Chiummo (3) , Marc Ferrato (2)

1 LGP - Laboratoire Génie de Production
2 Boostec SA
3 European Gravitational Observatory ( EGO )

Stray light is the light that does not follow the intended path reaching the detector [1]. Subsequently, stray light was considered as an issue because scattered light from surfaces other than the mirrors surface, such as the walls of the cavity, will carry information about the displacement of the wall that will recouple back with the main beam adding a stray light field to the unperturbed field inside the interferometer

Mots clés: Stray light; Silicon carbide; Baffle; Interferometer

Domaines: Electronique

Rudy Nahed, Olivier Dalverny, Antonino Chiummo, Marc Ferrato. Study and development of silicon carbide stray light optical components for third generation gravitational wave detectors. GWADW2016 – Impact of recent discoveries on future detector design, May 2016, Isola d'Elba, Italy. pp.0, 2016. ⟨hal-02487074⟩