Introductory reading materials for GW detector science

Contents

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 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

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

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)