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The World's most Perfect Mirrors

05.09.2018

The world's most reflective mirrors, which reflect 99.9999% of incident light, were developed by a French laboratory. Discover the manufacturing secrets of these essential components of gravitational wave detectors. 

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Original title:
The World's most Perfect Mirrors
Production year:
2018
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6 min 05
Director:
Nicolas Baker
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CNRS Images
Speaker(s) :
Christophe Michel
Laurent Pinard
Laboratoire des Matériaux Avancés (LMA)
CNRS / IN2P3 / LIGO - VIRGO / EGO / Université Lyon 1

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Gravitational Waves [7]
Ligo [8]
Virgo [9]
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