Prof. Kenneth A. Strain Profile

Prof. Kenneth A. Strain

Professor of Physics at Univ of Glasgow

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2009 Paper

Large interferometers for small displacements: a technological view of gravitational wave detection

K. Strain

Proceedings Volume 7503, 750351 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.837635

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Interferometers, Sensors, Signal detection, Astronomy, Interferometry, Beam splitters, LIGO, Michelson interferometers, Laser optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

Sensing and control of the advanced LIGO optical configuration

Osamu Miyakawa, Seiji Kawamura, Benjamin Abbott, Rolf Bork, Peter Fritschel, Lisa Goggin, Jay Heefner, Alexander Ivanov, Fumiko Kawazoe, Conor Mow-Lowry, Alexei Ourjoumtsev, Sihori Sakata, Michael Smith, Kenneth Strain, Robert Taylor, Dennis Ugolini, Stephen Vass, Robert Ward, Alan Weinstein

Proceedings Volume 5500, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552406

KEYWORDS: Demodulation, Interferometers, LIGO, Prototyping, Surface plasmons, Modulation, Mirrors, Scanning electron microscopy, Sensors, Control systems

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

Seismic isolation and suspension systems for Advanced LIGO

Norna Robertson, Benjamin Abbott, R. Abbott, R. Adhikari, Graham Allen, Helena Armandula, Stuart Aston, A. Baglino, Mark Barton, B. Bland, Rolf Bork, J. Bogenstahl, Gianpietro Cagnoli, C. Campbell, C. Cantley, K. Carter, D. Cook, D. Coyne, David Crooks, Edward Daw, Daniel DeBra, E. Elliffe, J. Faludi, Peter Fritschel, A. Ganguli, Joseph Giaime, S. Gossler, A. Grant, J. Greenhalgh, M. Hammond, Jonathan Hanson, C. Hardham, Gregory Harry, Alistair Heptonstall, Jay Heefner, James Hough, D. Hoyland, Wensheng Hua, L. Jones, R. Jones, Jonathan Kern, J. LaCour, Brian Lantz, K. Lilienkamp, N. Lockerbie, Harald Lueck, M. MacInnis, K. Mailand, Ken Mason, R. Mittleman, Samir Nayfeh, J. Nichol, David Ottaway, H. Overmier, M. Perreur-Lloyd, J. Phinney, M. Plissi, W. Rankin, D. Robertson, J. Romie, Sheila Rowan, R. Scheffler, David Shoemaker, P. Sarin, Peter Sneddon, Clive Speake, O. Spjeld, G. Stapfer, Kenneth Strain, C. Torrie, G. Traylor, J. van Niekerk, Alberto Vecchio, Shirong Wen, P. Willems, I. Wilmut, Harry Ward, M. Zucker, Lei Zuo

Proceedings Volume 5500, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552469

KEYWORDS: LIGO, Sensors, Actuators, Mirrors, Control systems, Prototyping, Silica, Optical alignment, Active isolation, Active optics

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Proceedings Article | 29 September 2004 Paper

The status of GEO 600

Kenneth Strain, B. Allen, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, R. Balasubramanian, B. Barr, S. Berukoff, A. Bunkowski, Gianpietro Cagnoli, C. Cantley, M. Casey, S. Chelkowski, D. Churches, T. Cokelaer, C. Colacino, David Crooks, C. Cutler, Karsten Danzmann, R. Davies, Rejean Dupuis, E. Elliffe, Carsten Fallnich, A. Franzen, A. Freise, S. Gossler, A. Grant, H. Grote, S. Grunewald, J. Harms, Gerhard Heinzel, Ik Heng, A. Hepstonstall, M. Heurs, M. Hewitson, S. Hild, James Hough, Y. Itoh, R. Jones, S. Huttner, K. Kawabe, Christian Killow, K. Koetter, B. Krishnan, V. Leonhardt, Harald Lueck, B. Machenschalk, M. Malec, R. Mercer, Christopher Messenger, S. Mohanty, Kasem Mossavi, S. Mukherjee, P. Murray, S. Nagano, G. Newton, M. Papa, M. Perreur-Lloyd, M. Pitkin, M. Plissi, V. Quetschke, Virginia Re, S. Reid, L. Ribichini, D. Robertson, Norna Robertson, J. Romano, Sheila Rowan, Albrecht Ruediger, Bangalore Sathyaprakash, R. Schilling, R. Schnabel, B. Schutz, F. Seifert, A. Sintes, J. Smith, Peter Sneddon, I. Taylor, R. Taylor, A. Thuering, Carlo Ungarelli, H. Vahlbruch, Alberto Vecchio, J. Veitch, Harry Ward, U. Weiland, Herbert Welling, P. Williams, Benno Willke, Walter Winkler, Graham Woan, Ivo Zawischa

Proceedings Volume 5500, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551127

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Mirrors, Sensors, Signal detection, Control systems, Modulation, Actuators, Beam splitters, Oscillators, Silica

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2003 Paper

Status of the GEO600 gravitational wave detector

Benno Willke, P. Aufmuth, C. Aulbert, S. Babak, R. Balasubramanian, B. Barr, S. Berukoff, S. Bose, Gianpietro Cagnoli, M. Casey, D. Churches, C. Colacino, David Crooks, C. Cutler, K. Danzmann, R. Davies, Rejean Dupuis, E. Elliffe, Carsten Fallnich, A. Freise, S. Gossler, A. Grant, H. Grote, J. Harms, G. Heinzel, S. Herden, A. Hepstonstall, M. Heurs, M. Hewitson, James Hough, O. Jennrich, K. Kawabe, K. Koetter, V. Leonhardt, H. Lueck, M. Malec, Paul McNamara, Kasem Mossavi, S. Mohanty, S. Mukherjee, S. Nagano, G. Newton, B. Owen, M. Papa, M. Plissi, V. Quetschke, L. Ribichini, D. Robertson, N. Robertson, Sheila Rowan, Albrecht Ruediger, B. Sathyaprakash, R. Schilling, B. Schutz, F. Seifert, A. Sintes, K. Skeldon, Peter Sneddon, Kenneth Strain, I. Taylor, C. Torrie, Alberto Vecchio, H. Ward, U. Weiland, Herbert Welling, P. Williams, Walter Winkler, G. Woan, Ivo Zawischa

Proceedings Volume 4856, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459095

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Mirrors, Interferometers, Michelson interferometers, Data analysis, Data acquisition, Buildings, Control systems, Photodetectors, Laser systems engineering

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Conference Committee Involvement (2)

Gravitational Wave and Particle Astrophysics Detectors

23 June 2004 | Glasgow, United Kingdom

High-Frequency Gravitational-Wave Detection

24 August 2002 | Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

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