A. Einstein, Die grundlage der allgemeinen relativittstheorie, Annalen der Physik, vol.49, issue.5 6, pp.517-571, 1916.

R. A. Hulse and J. H. Taylor, Discovery of a pulsar in a binary system, The Astrophysical Journal, vol.195, pp.51-53, 1975.
DOI : 10.1086/181708

J. Weber, Detection and Generation of Gravitational Waves, Physical Review, vol.117, issue.1, pp.306-313, 1960.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRev.117.306

M. E. Gertsenshtein and V. I. Pustovoit, On the detection of low frequency gravitational waves, Sov. Phys. JETP, vol.16, issue.5, p.433435, 1963.

P. Saulson, Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors, World Scientific, issue.7, 1994.

C. Cutler and K. S. Thorne, An overview of gravitational-wave sources, " in Proceeding of the 16th general relativity and gravitation conference, World Scientific, pp.72-111, 2002.

J. Abadie, Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors, Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol.27, issue.17, p.173001, 2010.
DOI : 10.1088/0264-9381/27/17/173001
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00465032

J. Abadie, Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO???s sixth science run and Virgo???s science runs 2 and 3, Physical Review D, vol.85, issue.8, p.82002, 2012.
DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevD.85.082002

J. Abadie, BEATING THE SPIN-DOWN LIMIT ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EMISSION FROM THE VELA PULSAR, The Astrophysical Journal, vol.737, issue.2, p.93, 2011.
DOI : 10.1088/0004-637X/737/2/93
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00624014

C. D. Ott, The gravitational-wave signature of core-collapse supernovae, Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol.26, issue.6, p.63001, 2009.
DOI : 10.1088/0264-9381/26/6/063001

B. P. Abbott, An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin, Nature, vol.73, issue.7258, pp.990-994, 2009.
DOI : 10.1038/nature08278
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00414345

J. M. Weisberg, J. H. Taylor, and L. A. Fowler, Gravitational Waves from an Orbiting Pulsar, Scientific American, vol.245, issue.4, pp.74-82, 1981.
DOI : 10.1038/scientificamerican1081-74

J. Weisberg and J. M. Taylor, The relativistic binary pulsar b1913+16: Thirty years of observations and analysis, Binary Radio Pulsars, pp.25-34, 2005.

M. E. Whitcomb and . Zucker, The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) project, Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol.10, issue.S, pp.325-333, 1992.
DOI : 10.1088/0264-9381/10/S/019

C. Bradaschia, R. D. Fabbro, A. D. Virgilio, A. Giazotto, H. Kautzky et al., The VIRGO Project: A wide band antenna for gravitational wave detection, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, pp.518-525, 1990.
DOI : 10.1016/0168-9002(90)91525-G

G. Vajente, Analysis of sensitivity and noise sources for the Virgo gravitational wave interferometer, pp.14-44, 2008.

S. Braccini, Measurement of the seismic attenuation performance of the VIRGO Superattenuator, Astroparticle Physics, vol.23, issue.6, pp.557-565, 2005.
DOI : 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2005.04.002
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00024251

C. Fabry and A. Perot, Theorie et applications dune nouvelle methode de spectroscopie interferentielle, Annales de la Chimie et de Physique, pp.1899-1912

F. Acernese, The Virgo 3 km interferometer for gravitational wave detection, Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol.10, issue.6, pp.64009-64023, 2008.
DOI : 10.1088/1464-4258/10/6/064009
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00280610

T. Accadia, Status of the Virgo project, Contribution to 19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR19), Mexico, pp.114002-114006, 2010.
DOI : 10.1088/0264-9381/28/11/114002
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00705154

G. Cella and A. Giazotto, Invited Review Article: Interferometric gravity wave detectors, Review of Scientific Instruments, vol.82, issue.10, pp.101101-101117, 2011.
DOI : 10.1063/1.3652857

M. Lorenzini, The monolithic suspension for the Virgo interferometer, Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol.27, issue.8, pp.84021-84037, 2010.
DOI : 10.1088/0264-9381/27/8/084021
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00587617

M. Granata, Optical Development for Second-and Third-Generation Gravitational- Wave Detectors: Stable Recyling Cavities for Advanced Virgo and HIgher-Order Laguerre-Gauss Modes, p.27, 2011.

J. Degallaix, Compensation of strong thermal lensing in interferometric gravitational waves detectors, p.43, 2006.

T. Accadia, The Virgo Collaboration) A thermal compensation system for the gravitational wave detector Virgo, Proc. 12th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity Singapore: World Scientific, p.35, 2011.

G. Vajente-for-the-virgo-collaboration, Performance of the Virgo interferometer longitudinal control system during the second science run, Astroparticle Physics, vol.34, pp.521-527, 2011.

T. Accadia, The seismic Superattenuators of the Virgo gravitational waves interferometer, Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, vol.33, issue.3, pp.63-79
DOI : 10.1260/0263-0923.30.1.63
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00603336

B. Willke, The GEO-HF project, Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol.23, issue.8, pp.207-229, 2006.
DOI : 10.1088/0264-9381/23/8/S26

K. Somiya-for-the and K. Collaboration, Detector configuration of kagra -the japanese cryogenic gravitational-wave detector, pp.1111-7185

J. Mizuno, K. Strain, P. Nelson, J. Chen, R. Schilling et al., Resonant sideband extraction: a new configuration for interferometric gravitational wave detectors, Physics Letters A, vol.175, issue.5, pp.273-276, 1993.
DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(93)90620-F

M. Punturo, Advanced Virgo Sensitivity document Virgo Internal Note, no. VIR- 0073A-12, p.23, 2012.

J. Degallaix, Setting the requirement for TCS, Virgo Internal Note, p.28, 2012.

V. Fafone, AdV TCS: thermal simulations and SS update, Virgo Internal Note, p.29, 2012.

P. Hello and J. Vinet, Simulation of thermal effects in interferometric gravitational-wave detectors, Physics Letters A, vol.178, issue.5-6, pp.351-356, 1993.
DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(93)90860-3
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00020859

J. Marque and G. Vajente, Thermal effects & frequency noise, Virgo Internal Note, p.34, 2009.

G. Vajente, Plane-concave cavities for Advanced Virgo, Virgo Internal Note, vol.46, pp.35-53, 2009.

A. Freise, S. Hild, and J. Marque, Advanced Virgo design: Layout options for the non-degenerate recycling cavities, Virgo Internal Note, vol.35, p.37, 2009.

H. Kogelnik and T. Li, Laser Beams and Resonators, Applied Optics, vol.5, issue.37, p.38, 1966.
DOI : 10.1109/proc.1966.5119

M. Granata and M. Barsuglia, Estimation of astigmatism losses in the Advanced Virgo non-degenerate recycling cavities, Virgo Internal Note, p.38, 2009.

V. Fafone and A. Rocchi, TCS: hints for a discussion, Virgo Internal Note, vol.40, p.61, 2010.

R. Ward, Thoughts on Advanced Virgo arm cavity RoCs, Virgo Internal Note, p.45, 2010.

H. Yamamoto, SIS (Stationary Interferometer Simulation) manual, LIGO Document, vol.070039, p.45, 2011.

M. Barsuglia and H. Yamamoto, Simulation of recycling cavities with static interferometer simulation (sis), Virgo Internal Note, p.45, 2010.

G. Vajente, Convergence of modal simulations of MSRC, Virgo Internal Note, issue.10, p.45, 2010.

G. Vajente, MIST Modal Interferometer Simulation Tool User Manual, Virgo Internal Note, issue.10, p.45, 2010.

P. Rapagnani, Design issues on multi-payload systems, Virgo Internal Note, vol.46, p.52, 2010.

J. Marque, Advanced Virgo design: Layout options for the non-degenerate recycling cavities, Virgo Internal Note, p.47, 2010.

O. Group, Recycling Cavity Design, Virgo Internal Note, p.56, 2010.

G. Vajente, Personal communication, p.57

H. Yamamoto, 1D PSD of mirror maps, DCC Ligo, pp.1100353-1100354, 2011.

J. Degallaix, M. Galimberti, R. Bonnand, and Q. Benoit, Defining the arm cavity loss for Advanced Virgo, Virgo Internal Note, p.66, 2010.

B. Oreb, Personal Communication, p.67

B. Caron, SIESTA, a time domain, general purpose simulation program for the VIRGO experiment, Astroparticle Physics, vol.10, issue.4, pp.369-386, 1999.
DOI : 10.1016/S0927-6505(98)00059-0
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00001165

H. Yamamoto, Advanced LIGO optics, Virgo Internal Note, p.68, 2010.

M. Galimberti, Characterization and simulation of mirror surfaces, Virgo Internal Note, issue.11, p.69, 2011.

J. Degallaix, OSCAR a Matlab based optical FFT code, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol.228, issue.70, pp.12021-71, 2010.
DOI : 10.1088/1742-6596/228/1/012021
URL : http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0012-BB91-8

B. Bochner, Modelling the Performance of Interferometric Gravitational-Wave Detectors with Realistically Imperfect Optics, p.71, 1998.

G. Vajente, ITF recovery after input mirror installation, Virgo Internal Note, p.74, 2010.

J. Stover, Optical Scattering: Measurement and Analysis. Press Monographs, p.77, 1995.
DOI : 10.1117/3.203079

J. M. Mackowski, L. Pinard, L. Dogin, P. Ganau, B. Lagrange et al., VIRGO mirrors: wavefront control, Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol.31, issue.5/7, pp.507-514, 1999.
DOI : 10.1023/A:1006975313954
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00003435

F. Bondu, Large virtual mirror maps, Virgo Internal Note, p.79, 2009.

P. Carré, Installation et utilisation du comparateur photolectrique et interfrentiel, pp.13-89, 1966.

R. Crane, Interference phase measurement, Applied Optics, vol.8, pp.538-89, 1969.

J. H. Bruning, D. R. Herriott, J. E. Gallagher, D. P. Rosenfeld, A. D. White et al., Digital Wavefront Measuring Interferometer for Testing Optical Surfaces and Lenses, Applied Optics, vol.13, issue.11, pp.2693-2703, 1974.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.13.002693

J. C. Wyant, Use of an ac heterodyne lateral shear interferometer with real???time wavefront correction systems, Applied Optics, vol.14, issue.11, pp.2622-2626, 1975.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.14.002622

D. Malacara and S. Testing, Wiley series in pure and applied optics, pp.98-153, 2007.

L. Pinard, R. Bonnand, J. Degallaix, R. Flaminio, M. Galimberti et al., Polishing specifications for the Advanced Virgo substrates, Virgo Internal Note, issue.11, p.93, 2011.

L. L. Deck, Fourier-transform phase-shifting interferometry, Applied Optics, vol.42, issue.13, pp.2354-2365, 1993.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.42.002354

M. Bray, Stitching interferometry: how and why it works, EUROPTO Conference on Optical Fabrication and Testing of Proc. SPIE, pp.259-95, 1999.
DOI : 10.1117/12.360153

B. Cimma, D. Forest, P. Ganau, B. Lagrange, J. Mackowski et al., Original optical metrologies of large components, Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Metrology, pp.322-333, 2004.
DOI : 10.1117/12.513279
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00024330

M. Bray, Stitching interferometry and absolute surface shape metrology: similarities, of Proc. SPIE, pp.375-95, 2001.
DOI : 10.1117/12.453636

K. Creath, Error sources in phase-measuring interferometry, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Optical Fabrication, Testing, and Surface Evaluation of Proc. SPIE, pp.428-435, 1992.

J. Schwider, R. Burow, K. Elssner, J. Grzanna, R. Spolaczyk et al., Digital wave-front measuring interferometry: some systematic error sources, Applied Optics, vol.22, issue.21, pp.3421-3432, 1983.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.22.003421

P. J. De-groot, Vibration in phase-shifting interferometry, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, vol.12, issue.2, p.97, 1995.
DOI : 10.1364/JOSAA.12.000354

I. Fiori and F. Paoletti, Seismic Measurements on the LMA Fizeau Interferometer Optical Bench, Virgo Internal Note, vol.98, p.106, 2010.

F. Zernike, Diffraction Theory of the Knife-Edge Test and its Improved Form, The Phase-Contrast Method, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol.94, issue.5, pp.377-384, 1934.
DOI : 10.1093/mnras/94.5.377

M. Galimberti, R. Bonnand, R. Flaminio, D. Forest, C. Michel et al., Status of the new bench for wavefront measurement, Virgo Internal Note, p.109, 2011.

G. Billingsley, aLIGO Core Optics Surprises, LSC-Virgo Meeting, 0119.

. Tinsley, Itm04 input test mass final polishing data package, LIGO Document C1000472-v2, LIGO, p.122, 2010.

F. Bellachia, D. Boget, T. Carron, D. Castelazzi, G. Daguin et al., A VME based CCD imaging system for the VIRGO interferometer control, Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, pp.151-160, 1998.
DOI : 10.1016/S0168-9002(98)00546-4
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00000369

E. Pacaud, Personal Communication, p.146

B. Cimma, D. Forest, P. Ganau, B. Lagrange, J. Mackowski et al., Ion beam sputtering coatings on large substrates: toward an improvement of the mechanical and optical performances, Applied Optics, vol.45, issue.7, pp.1436-1439, 2006.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.45.001436
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00025834

I. M. Pinto, V. Pierro, M. Principe, R. Desalvo, and R. Dannenberg, Coating optimization status, LSC-VIRGO Meeting, p.170, 2009.

N. Morgado, Coating designs for advanced detectors, Thermal Noise Workshop, 0170.

H. Macleod, Thin-Film Optical Filters, Series in Optics and Optoelectronics, p.171, 2009.
DOI : 10.1887/0750306882

V. The and . Collaboration, The VIRGO large mirrors: a challenge for low loss coatings, Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol.21, issue.173, pp.935-174, 2004.

B. Sassolas, Q. Beno??tbeno??t, R. Flaminio, D. Forest, J. Franc et al., Twin mirrors for laser interferometric gravitational-wave detectors, Applied Optics, vol.50, issue.13, pp.1894-1899, 0173.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.50.001894
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00623969

B. Sassolas, Etude et réalisation dempilements multicouches sur des optiques asphériques de grandes dimensions pour des applications en lithographie Extrême U, p.178, 2008.

B. Sassolas, R. Flaminio, J. Franc, C. Michel, J. Montorio et al., Masking technique for coating thickness control on large and strongly curved aspherical optics, Applied Optics, vol.48, issue.19, pp.3760-3765, 2009.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.48.003760
URL : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00418223

R. Day, Simulations of ITF with roughness maps, Virgo Internal Note, issue.11, p.181, 2011.

G. Billingsley, Surface figure measurement of ETM04, DCC Ligo, vol.186, pp.1100684-1100685, 2011.

G. Billingsley, Coating uniformity estimate based on measurement of ETM05, DCC Ligo, pp.1200093-1200096, 2012.

G. Billingsley, ITM04 Figure Measurement, DCC Ligo, pp.1200265-1200267, 2012.

C. Michel, Personal communication

B. Sassolas, R. Bonnand, J. Degallaix, R. Flaminio, M. Galimberti et al., Towards a planetary motion at lma, Virgo Internal Note, 0191.

M. Gross, S. Dligatch, and A. Chtanov, Optimization of coating uniformity in an ion beam sputtering system using a modified planetary rotation method, Applied Optics, vol.50, issue.9, pp.316-320, 0192.
DOI : 10.1364/AO.50.00C316