ANU develops ultra-precise coatings for LIGO gravitational wave detectors

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have engineered new optical coatings for LIGO, the global collaboration hunting gravitational waves from colliding black holes and neutron stars. The coatings are meant to boost the sensitivity of next-generation detectors.

• ANU engineered optical coatings for the LIGO observatories
• The coatings improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors
• LIGO hunts signals from merging black holes and neutron stars