Abstract
A mechanical quality factor of 1.1 x 10(7) was obtained for the 199 Hz bending vibrational mode in a monocrystalline sapphire fiber at 6 K. Consequently. we confirm that pendulum thermal noise of cryogenic mirrors used for gravitational wave detectors can be reduced by the sapphire fiber suspension. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
| Translated title of the contribution | Mechanical quality factor of a sapphire fiber at cryogenic temperatures |
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| Original language | American English |
| Pages (from-to) | 310 - 315 |
| Journal | PHYSICS LETTERS A |
| Volume | 273 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
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| State | Published - Sep 2000 |