Name: FWO-IRI GW Optics Workshop
Start: 2026-06-04T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-04T17:30:00+02:00
Location: S2

Monday, 1 June 2026
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
Thursday, 4 June 2026

09:30 Arrival and coffee
Arrival and coffee
09:30 - 10:00
Room: Faculty Board Room
10:00 Context and introduction - Paul Put (FWO)
Context and introduction
- Paul Put (FWO)
10:00 - 10:10
Room: Faculty Board Room
10:10 Morning session: mirrors, coatings, polishing
10:10 - 12:10
Room: Faculty Board Room
Contributions

10:10 Towards crystalline oxide supermirrors - Jean Pierre Locquet (KU Leuven)

10:30 Atomic Layer Deposition and X-ray characterisation of mirror coatings - Jorden De Bolle (Ghent University)

10:50 ET polishing of E/ITMs - Michael Vervaeke (VUB)

11:10 360 degrees visit of B-PHOT - Michael Vervaeke (VUB)
12:10 Lunch and poster session
Lunch and poster session
12:10 - 14:30
Room: Faculty Board Room
14:30 Afternoon session: lasers, photonics, interferometry
14:30 - 16:30
Room: Faculty Board Room
Contributions

14:30 Squeezed light sources at different wavelengths for the Einstein Telescope - Tatevik Chalyan (VUB)

14:50 2µm Optical Lab: status and projects - Daniela Pascucci (Ghent University)

15:10 Output Mode Cleaners for ETpathfinder - Francesco De Marco (Ghent University)

15:25 Scattered light in Virgo - Hans Van Haevermaet (Universiteit Antwerpen)
16:30 Networking and drinks
Networking and drinks
16:30 - 17:30
Room: Faculty Board Room