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Referenced Documents

Sapphire status summary Camp - March '01
Sapphire plan Camp/Gustafson - , August 2000
Thermal Expansion measurements of Sapphire - PMIC - Nov '01
Thermophysical properties of Sapphire - TPRL - Dec '01
Thermal Conductivity measurements of Sapphire - PMIC  - Jan '01
Allowable absorption scale in Sapphire - R. Lawrence
Effects of high silica Q and coating Young’s modulus on advanced LIGO, Harry - Jan '03
Observations on sapphire-fused silica bonds - Armandula - March '03
Measurements of the quality factors of sapphire and fused silica masses - Willems April '03
Stanford results on heat treatment of Sapphire -  Route April '03
Large sapphire substrate absorption measurements, S.M.A.- VIRGO (PPT) Remillieux April '03
Absorption profile of 311SV measured at Lyon (from T010087-00, pg 6) - June '01
Silica Research Plan for Advanced LIGO - Penn May '03
Homogeneity of Sapphire, a vs. m axis - Billingsley August '03
Loss due to anisotropic characteristics of sapphire - D. Lopez, G. Harry, P. Willems, D. Busby, D. Coyne Sept '03
Polarization Scatter Through Sapphire Substrates - W. Kells L. Zhang L. Cardenas Sept. '03
Study of Growth defects in Sapphire by Laser Rayleigh Scattering Imaging - Yan et al
Measurement of birefringence of low-loss, high-reflectance coating of m-axis sapphire - Camp et al
Birefringence measurements of sapphire test masses for laser interferometer gravitational wave detector - Benabid et al
TNI report on Sapphire - Black et al July '04
An Empirical Model for the Mechanical Loss in Fused silica - Penn July '04
Performance comparison of fused silica and sapphire mirrors - P. Fritschel, G. Harry  July '04
Revised Report on thermal compensation to the downselect committee 4-15-04 - Willems
Detailed Report on Thermal Compensation Effects in Advanced LIGO 10-11-04 Willems
Coating Absorption Uniformity of LMA coatings on sapphire and fused silica - Power Point version - Remillieux September '04