TiO2 doping effect on reflective coating mechanical loss for gravitational wave detection at low temperature

Yukino Mori, Yota Nakayama, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Takafumi Ushiba, Danièle Forest, Christophe Michel, Laurent Pinard, Julien Teillon, Gianpietro Cagnoli

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Abstract

We measured the mechanical loss of a dielectric multilayer reflective coating (ion-beam-sputtered SiO2 and Ta2O5) with and without TiO2 mixed into the Ta2O5 layers on sapphire disks between 6 and 77 K. The measured loss angle exhibited a temperature dependence, and the local maximum was found at approximately 20 K. This maximum was 7.0×10-4 (with TiO2) and 7.7×10-4 (without TiO2), although the previous measurement for the coating on sapphire disks showed almost no temperature dependence [Phys. Rev. D 74, 022002 (2006)PRVDAQ1550-799810.1103/PhysRevD.74.022002]. We evaluated the coating thermal noise in KAGRA and discussed future investigation strategies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102008
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume109
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024/05/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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