Publications

Here is a collection our most recent papers. Either a link to the publishers web site or where possible copies of the preprints including figures are available in pdf format. These are best viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader available from the Adobe web site.

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2008

• Space-based gravitational wave detection with LISA
  D. A. Shaddock
  Class. Quantum Grav. 25 114012 (2008)

• Impact of non-stationary events on low frequency homodyne detection
  S. Chua, K. McKenzie, B. C. Buchler and D. E. McClelland
  J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 122 012023 (2008)

• Using active resonator impedance matching for shot-noise limited, cavity enhanced amplitude modulated laser absorption spectroscopy
  J. H. Chow, I. C. Littler, D. S. Rabeling, D. E. McClelland, and M. B. Gray
  Opt. Express 16, 7726-7738 (2008)

• Cooling of a Gram-Scale Cantilever Flexure to 70 mK with a Servo-Modified Optical Spring
  C.M. Mow-Lowry, A.J. Mullavey, S. Goßler, M.B. Gray and D.E. McClelland
  Phys.Rev.Lett. 100, 010801 (2008)

2007

• Backscatter- immune, polarization managed, all fibre Sagnac sensing interferometer
  J. H. Chow, D. E. McClelland and M. B. Gray
  Optics Express 15, 3110-3119 (2007)

• Technical limitations to homodyne detection at audio frequencies
  K. McKenzie, M. B. Gray, P. K. Lam and D. E. McClelland
  Applied optics 46,3389-3395 (2007)

• Using a passive fiber ring cavity for the generation of shot noise limited laser light for low power quantum optics applications
  M. B. Gray, J. H. Chow, K. McKenzie and D. E. McClelland
  Photonics Technology Letters 19,1063-1092 (2007)

• Coating free mirrors for high precision interferometric experiments
  S. Goßler, J. Cumpston. C. Mow-Lowry, K. McKenzie, M.B. Gray and D. E. McClelland
  Phys. Rev. A 76,053810 1-5 (2007)

2006

• Status of the Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy
  D. E. McClelland and ACIGA
  Class. Quant. Grav. 23, s41-s49 (2006)

• Squeezed state generation for interferometric gravitational wave detection
  K. McKenzie, M. B. Gray, S. Goßler, P. K. Lam and D. E. McClelland
  Class.Quant.Grav. 23,s245-s250 (2006)

• A new control topology for the control of complex interferometers
  D. S. Rabeling, S. Goßler, J. Cumpston, M. B. Gray and D. E. McClelland
  Class. Quant. Grav. 23, S267-S275 (2006)

• Laser frequency-noise-limited ultrahigh resolution remote fibre sensing
  J. H. Chow, I. C. M. Littler, D. E. McClelland and M. B. Gray
  Optics Express 14, 4617-4624 (2006)

• Compensation of strong thermal lensing in high-optical power cavities
  C. Zhao, J. Degallaix, L. Ju, Y. Fan, D.G. Blair, B.J.J. Slagmolen, M.B. Gray, C. Mow-Lowry, D.E. McClelland, D.J. Hosken, D. Mudge, A. Brooks, J. Munch and P.J. Veitch
  Phys.Rev.Lett. 96, 124014 (2006)

• Optimal location of a new interferometric gravitational wave observatory
  A.C Searle, S. M. Scott, D.E. McClelland and L.S Finn
  Phys. Rev.D 73, 124014 (2006)

• Nonlinear phase matching locking via optical readout
  K. McKenzie, M.B. Gray, P.K.Lam and D.E. McClelland
  Optics Express 14, 11256-11264 (2006)

• High bandwidth laser frequency stabilisation to a fibre-optic delay line
  B.S. Sheard, M.G. Gray and D.E. McClelland,
  Optics Express 45, 8491-8499 (2006)

2005

• Photothermal fluctuations as a fundamental limit to low-frequency squeezing in a degenerate optical parametric oscillator
  K. Goda, K. McKenzie, E. E. Mikhailov, P. K. Lam, D. E. McClelland and N. Mavalvala
  Phys. Rev. A 72, 043819 (2005)

• Quantum noise locking
  K. McKenzie, E. E. Mikhailov, K. Goda, P. K. Lam, N. Grosse, M. B. Gray, N. Mavalvala and D. E. McClelland
  J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 7, S421-S428 (2005)

• Pump-probe differencing technique for cavity-enhanced, noise-cancelling saturation laser spectroscopy
  G. de Vine, D. E. McClelland, M. B. Gray, J. D. Close
  Optics Letters 30(10), 1219 (2005)

• Demonstration of a passive subpicostrain fiber strain sensor
  J. Chow, D. McClelland, M. Gray, and I. Littler
  Opt. Lett. 30, 1923-1925 (2005)

• Photothermal effects in passive fiber Bragg grating resonators
  J. H. Chow, B. S. Sheard, D. E. McClelland, M. B. Gray, I. C. M. Littler
  Opt. Lett. 30(7), 708-710 (2005)
  

• Phase-Sensitive Interrogation of Fiber Bragg Grating Resonators for Sensing Applications
  J. Chow, I. Littler, G. Vine, D. McClelland, and M. Gray
  J. Lightwave Technol. 23, 1881 (2005)
  

• Laser frequency noise suppression by arm-locking in LISA: progress towards a bench-top demonstration
  B. S. Sheard, M. B. Gray, D. A. Shaddock, D. E. McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 22(10), S221 (2005)
  

• Experimental demonstration of in-loop intra-cavity intensity noise suppression
  B. S. Sheard, M. B. Gray, B. J. J. Slagmolen, J. H. Chow and D. E. McClelland
  IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 41(3), 434-440 (2005)

• Technology developments for ACIGA high power test facility for advanced interferometry
  P. Barriga, M. Barton, D. G. Blair, A. Brooks, R. Burman, R. Burston, E. J. Chin, J. Chow, D. Coward, B. Cusack, G. de Vine, J. Degallaix, J. C. Dumas, M. Feat, S. Gras, M. Gray, M. Hamilton, D. Hosken, E. Howell, J. S. Jacob, L. Ju, T. L. Kelly, B. H. Lee, C. Y. Lee, K. T. Lee, A. Lun, D. E. McClelland, K. McKenzie, C. Mow-Lowry, A. Moylan, D. Mudge, J. Munch, D. Rabeling, D. Reitze, A. Romann, S. Schediwy, S. M. Scott, A. Searle, B. S. Sheard, B. J. J. Slagmolen, P. Veitch, J. Winterflood, A. Woolley, Z. Yan and C. Zhao
  Class. Quantum Grav. 22(10), S199--S208 (2005)
  

2004

• Squeezing in the Audio Gravitational-Wave Detection Band
  K. McKenzie, N. Grosse, W. P. Bowen, S. E.Whitcomb, M. B.Gray, D. E. McClelland and Ping Koy Lam
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 161105 (2004)
  

• Observation and characterization of an optical spring
  B. S. Sheard, M. B. Gray, C. M. Mow-Lowry, D. E. McClelland and S. E. Whitcomb
  Phys. Rev. A 69, 051801(R) (2004)

• Experimental demonstration of a classical analogue to quantum noise cancellation
  C. M. Mow-Lowry, B. S. Sheard, M. B. Gray, D. E. McClelland and S. E. Whitcomb
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 161102 (2004)
  

• Analysis of a sub-shot noise power recycled Michelson interferometer
  K. McKenzie, B. C. Buchler, D. A. Shaddock, P. K. Lam and D. E. McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 21 S1037-S1043 (2004)

• Measurement of Gouy phase evolution by use of spatial mode interference
  J. H. Chow, G. de Vine, M. B. Gray, D. E. McClelland
  Opt. Lett. 29(20), 2339-2341 (2004)
  

• Study of an Electro-Optic Modulator capable of generating Simultaneous Amplitude and Phase Modulations
  B. J. Cusack, B. S. Sheard, D. A. Shaddock, M. B. Gray, P. K. Lam andS. E. Whitcomb
  Appl. Opt. 43(26) 5079-5091 (2004)

• Spot size and Guoy phase invariant telescope for auto alignment of resonant cavities
  J. H. Chow, D. Rabeling, M. B. Gray, D. E. McClelland, and G. de Vine
  Class. Quantum Grav. 21 S909-S914 (2004)
  

• The ACIGA data analysis programme
  S. M. Scott, A. C. Searle, B. J. Cusack, and D. E. McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 21 S853-S856 (2004)
  

• ACIGA's high optical power test facility
  L. Ju, M. Aoun, P. Barriga, D. G. Blair, A. Brooks, R. Burman, R. Burston, X. T. Chin, E. J. Chin, C. Y. Lee, D. Coward, B. Cusack, G. de Vine, J. Degallaix, J. C. Dumas, F. Garoi, S. Gras, M. Gray, D. Hosken, E. Howell, J. S. Jacob, T. L. Kelly, B. Lee, K. T. Lee, T. Lun, D. McClelland, C. Mow-Lowry, D. Mudge, J. Munch, S. Schediwy, S. Scott, A. Searle, B. Sheard, B. Slagmolen, P. Veitch, J. Winterflood, A. Woolley, Z. Yan and C. Zhao
  Class. Quantum Grav. 21(5), S887--S893 (2004)
  

2003

• Frequency Stabilization by Locking to a LISA arm
  B. S. Sheard, M. B. Gray, D. E. McClelland, and D. A. Shaddock
  Phys. Lett. A. 320 9-21 (2003)
  

• Measurement of the frequency response of a bench-top quantum speed meter interferometer
  G. de Vine, M. B. Gray, D. E. McClelland, Y. B. Chen, and S. E. Whitcomb
  Phys. Lett. A. 316 17-23 (2003)
  

• Spectral line removal in the LIGO data analysis system (LDAS)
  A. C. Searle S. M. Scott, and D. E. McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 20 S721-S730 (2003)
  

• Sensing and control in dual-recycling laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors
  Strain KA. Muller G. Delker T. Reitze DH. Tanner DB. Mason JE. Willems PA. Shaddock DA. Gray MB. Mow-Lowry C. McClelland DE.
  Applied Optics. 42(7):1244-1256 (2003)
  

• Power-recycled Michelson interferometer with resonant sideband extraction
  D. A. Shaddock, M. B. Gray, C. M. Mow-Lowry, and D. E. McClelland
  Applied Optics. 42(7):1283-1295 (2003)
  

• ACIGA status report
  M. B. Gray, S. M. Scott, B. J. Slagmolen, A. S. Searle, B. Cusack, G. de Vine, B. Sheard, K. McKenzie, C. Mow-Lowry, D. E. McClelland, L. Ju, J. Winterflood, D. G. Blair, D. Paget, T. Barber, C. Zhao, J. S. Jacob, P. J. Veitch, J. Munch, M. W. Hamilton, D. Mudge, M. Ostermeyer, T. L. Kelly, A. Brooks, C. Hollitt and D. Hosken
  Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 4856, 258-269 (2003)
  

2002

• Frequency Stability of Spatial Mode Interference (Tilt) Locking
  B. J. J. Slagmolen, D. A. Shaddock, M. B. Gray and D. E. McClelland
  IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 38, 1521 (2002)
  

• Generation of a phase-flipped Gaussian mode for optical measurements
  V. Delaubert, D. A. Shaddock, P. K. Lam, B. C. Buchler, H. A. Bachor, and D. E. McClelland
  J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 4, 393-399 (2002)
  

• Experimental Demonstration of a Squeezing-Enhanced Power Recycled Michelson Interferometer for Gravitational Wave Detection
  K. McKenzie, D. A. Shaddock, D. E. McClelland, B. C. Buchler, and P. K. Lam
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 231102 (2002)
  

• Experimental demonstration of variable reflectivity signal recycling for interferometric gravitational wave detectors
  G. de Vine, D. A. Shaddock, and D. E. McClelland
  Opt. Lett. 27,1507-1509 (2002)
  

• Network sensitivity to geographical configuration
  A. C. Searle, S. M. Scott and D. E. McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 19(7), 1465-1470 (2002)
  

• Double pass locking and spatial mode locking for gravitational wave detectors
  B J Cusack, D A Shaddock, B J J Slagmolen, G de Vine, M B Gray and D E McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 19(7), 1819-24 (2002)
  

• High dynamic range flexure transfer function measurement
  B. J. J. Slagmolen, X. Brokmann, D. A. Shaddock, M. B. Gray and D. E. McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 19(7), 1683-1687 (2002)
  

• Variable reflectivity signal mirrors and signal response measurements
  G de Vine, D A Shaddock and D E McClelland
  Class. Quantum Grav. 19(7), 1561-1568 (2002)

2001

• Second-generation laser interferometry for gravitational wave detection: ACIGA progress
  D E McClelland, S M Scott, M B Gray, D A Shaddock, B J Slagmolen, A Searle, D G Blair, L Ju, J Winterflood, F Benabid, M Baker, J Munch, P J Veitch, M W Hamilton, M Ostermeyer, D Mudge, D Ottaway and C Hollitt
  Class. Quantum Grav. 18(19), 4121-4126 (2001)

2000

• Phase-Sensitive Reflection Technique for Characterization of a Fabry Perot Interferometer
  Bram J. J. Slagmolen, Malcolm B. Gray, Karl G. Baigent, David E. McClelland
  Applied Optics 39(21), 3638-3643 (2000)
  

1999

• Status of the Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy
  Amaldi Conference Proceedings 1999
  

• A power recycled Michelson interferometer with resonant sideband extraction
  Amaldi Conference Proceedings 1999
  

• Frequency locking a laser to an optical cavity by use of spatial mode interference
  Optics Letters 24(21):1499-1501 1999 Nov 1.
  

• Suppression of Classical and Quantum Radiation Pressure Noise via Electro-Optic Feedback
  Optics Letters. 24(4):259-261, 1999 Feb 15.
  

• A simple high-sensitivity interferometric position sensor for test mass control on an advanced LIGO interferometer.
  Opt. & Quant. Elect., 31(5/7):571-582, 1999 July.
  

1998

• Experimental Demonstration of Resonant Sideband Extraction in a Sagnac Interferometer.
  Applied Optics. 37(34):7995-8001, 1998 Dec 1.
  

• Photodetector Designs for Low Noise, Broadband, and High Power Applications
  Review of Scientific Instruments. 69(11):3755-3762, 1998 Nov.
  

• Broadband and tuned signal recycling with a simple Michelson interferometer.
  Applied Optics. 37(25):5886-5893, 1998 Sep 1.
  

• Simulating the performance of Michelson- and Sagnac-based laser interferometric gravitational wave detectors in the presence of mirror tilt and curvature errors.
  General Relativity & Gravitation. 30(7):1055-1074, 1998 July.