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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

Vibration isolation

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

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

Cryogenic