Introductory reading materials for GW detector science

General

• Peter R. Saulson, "Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors 2nd edition" World Scientific(2017)
• D.G. Blair, E.J. Howell, L. Ju and C.Zhao, "Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors" Cambridge University Press(2012)
• 中村卓史、三尾典克、大橋正健、重力波をとらえる。京都大学出版会(1998)(Japanese)

Interferometer

• Interferometer techniques for gravitational-wave detection

  • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41114-016-0002-8

• An introduction to signal extraction in interferometric gravitational wave detectors
  • Author: Eric Black

  • https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1531578

• M. Ando's master's thesis (in Japanese)

  • https://granite.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/theses/ando_m.pdf

Gaussian Optics

• Laser Beams and Resonators
  • H. Kogelnik and T. Lee, Applied Optics Vol. 5, Issue 10, pp. 1550-1567 (1966)

  • https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.5.001550

• Laser and Gaussian Beam Propagation and Transformation
  • Javier Alda
  • Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering

  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255041663_Laser_and_Gaussian_Beam_Propagation_and_Transformation

Feedback control

• Feedback for physicists: A tutorial essay on control

  • https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.77.783

• K. Kawabe's master's thesis (in Japanese)

  • https://granite.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/theses/Kawabe-m.pdf

Thermal Noise

• K. Yamamoto's master's thesis (in Japanese)

  • https://granite.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/theses/yamamoto_m.pdf

• K. Nutama's master's thesis (in Japanese)

  • https://granite.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/theses/numata_m.pdf

• Classical review : Peter R. Saulson "Thermal noise in mechanical experiments" Phys. Rev. D 42 (1990) 2437

  • https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.42.2437

• Ground breaking paper: Beginning of history of coating thermal noise : Y. Levin "Internal thermal noise in the LIGO test masses: A direct approach" Phys. Rev. D 57(1998) 659

  • https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.57.659

• Coating thermal noise text book : Gregory Harry, Timothy P. Bodiya, Riccardo DeSalvo "Optical Coatings and Thermal Noise in Precision Measurement" Cambridge University Press(2012)

Vibration isolation

• K. Arai's master's thesis (in Japanese)

  • https://granite.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/theses/arai_m.pdf

Cryogenic

• 低温工学　46巻 7号　特集　「重力波検出と極低温冷却技術」(Japanese)

  • https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jcsj/46/7/_contents/-char/ja

• Review of KAGRA cryostat : Y. Sakakibara et al., "Progress on the cryogenic system for the KAGRA cryogenic interferometric gravitational wave telescope" Classical and Quantum Gravity 31(2014)224003.

  • https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/31/22/224003

Vacuum

• 斉藤 芳男 "重力波の検出になぜ真空が必要か" 電気学会誌 121 (2001) 367 (Japanese)

  • https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ieejjournal1994/121/6/121_6_367/_article/-char/ja

Tunnel

• Review of KAGRA tunnel : T. Uhiyama et al., "Excavation of an underground site for a km-scale laser interferometric gravitational-wave detector" Classical and Quantum Gravity 31(2014)224005.

  • https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0264-9381/31/22/224005