Charge management for gravitational-wave observatories using UV LEDs

@article{Pollack2010ChargeMF,
title={Charge management for gravitational-wave observatories using UV LEDs},
author={S. Pollack and M. Turner and S. Schlamminger and C. Hagedorn and J. Gundlach},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={2010},
volume={81},
pages={021101}
}
Accumulation of electrical charge on the end mirrors of gravitational-wave observatories can become a source of noise limiting the sensitivity of such detectors through electronic couplings to nearby surfaces. Torsion balances provide an ideal means for testing gravitational-wave technologies due to their high sensitivity to small forces. Our torsion pendulum apparatus consists of a movable plate brought near a plate pendulum suspended from a nonconducting quartz fiber. A UV LED located near… Expand
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