An off-axis Hartmann sensor for the measurement of absorption-induced wavefront distortion in advanced gravitational wave interferometers
- Resource Type
- Authors
- P. J. Veitch; Thu-Lan Kelly; A. Brooks; Jesper Munch
- Source
- General Relativity and Gravitation. 37:1575-1580
- Subject
- Physics
Wavefront
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Gravitational wave
business.industry
Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics::Optics
Wavefront sensor
Optics
Distortion
Astronomical interferometer
Laser power scaling
business
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Adaptive optics
- Language
- ISSN
- 1572-9532
0001-7701
We describe a novel off-axis Hartmann wavefront sensor, developed for the measurement of wavefront distortions induced in the mirrors (test masses) of advanced gravitational wave interferometers by residual absorption of the circulating laser power.