Table of Contents

Introduction.- Laguerre-Gauss beams for test mass thermal noise reduction.- Simulation study into LG33 mode interferometry and production.- Tabletop demonstrations of LG mode production and cleaning.- Prototype experiments with the LG33 mode.- Summary and conclusions.- Bibliography.- Acknowledgments.

About the Author

Dr. Paul Fulda received his PhD in 2012 at the University of Birmingham. He is the winner of the 2012 GWIC Thesis Prize awarded by the Gravitational Wave International Committee.