-
Article
Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s
The 100 years since the publication of Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity saw significant development of the understanding of the theory, the identification of potential astrophysical sources of su...
-
Article
Open AccessProspects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
We present our current best estimate of the plausible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next several years, with the intention of providi...
-
Article
Open AccessProspects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
We present possible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community...
-
Article
Open AccessProspects for Observing and Localizing Gravitational-Wave Transients with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo
We present a possible observing scenario for the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community to fa...
-
Article
Progress and challenges in advanced ground-based gravitational-wave detectors
The Amaldi 10 Parallel Session C3 on Advanced Gravitational Wave detectors gave an overview of the status and several specific challenges and solutions relevant to the instruments planned for a mid-decade star...
-
Article
Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light
Nearly a century after Einstein first predicted the existence of gravitational waves, a global network of Earth-based gravitational wave observatories1,2,3,4 is seeking to directly detect this faint radiation usi...
-
Article
Open AccessLasers and optics: looking towards third generation gravitational wave detectors
Third generation terrestrial interferometric gravitational wave detectors will likely require significant advances in laser and optical technologies to reduce two of the main limiting noise sources: thermal no...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Time-Resolved Optical Studies of InGaAs/GaAs Quantum Wells in High Magnetic Fields
The ultrafast dynamics of high density electron-hole plasmas in In0.2Ga0.8As/GaAs multiple quantum wells are probed in high magnetic fields by time-resolved methods. Complementary transient absorption (TA) and ti...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Evidence for Superfluorescent Recombination from Dense Magneto-plasmas
We observe cooperative recombination (superfluorescence) from dense electron-hole plasmas in In0.2Ga0.8As multiple quantum wells pumped by intense femtosecond pulses in strong magnetic fields. At a critical fluen...
-
Chapter
Enhancement and Tuning of High-Order Harmonic Generation Using Adaptive Pulse Sha**
The optimization of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) processes continues to be an active area of investigation, not only for improving specific aspects of HHG (such as phase-matching, extending the cutoff ...
-
Article
Minimization of dispersion in an ultrafast chirped pulse amplifier using adaptive learning
Minimizing residual frequency dispersion that accompanies pulse stretching, amplification, and recompression is an important consideration in ultrashort chirped-pulse amplifiers. Here we show how an adaptive l...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Adaptive Control of Pulse Phase In A Chirped Pulse Amplifier
By monitoring the magnitude of the spectral blueshift in a plasma breakdown experiment, we demonstrate that a femtosecond chirped pulse amplifier can use experimental feedback to adaptively find the phase that...
-
Chapter
Properties of Condensed Matter Under Planetary Interior Conditions Measured by Femtosecond Spectroscopy
Imagine descending a deep mine shaft on a science fiction voyage to the center of the earth. In preparation for this voyage you pack two scientific measuring instruments: 1) an optical polishing apparatus, whi...
-
Article
Dielectric function and electrical resistivity of liquid carbon determined by femtosecond spectroscopy
Femtosecond pump-probe reflectance of graphite and diamond targets following intense laser irradiation is used to measure the optical properties of the pressurized liquid carbon phase while it retains an optic...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Femtosecond Photoemission and Reflectivity Measurements of High Temperature Electron Dynamics in Solid Density Plasmas
The energy distribution of electrons photoemitted from a hot, solid-density plasma created by photoexciting a Ag surface with two collinear, p-polarized, 90 fs pulses was measured via photoelectron time-of-flight...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Femtosecond Melting of Diamond
We have performed time-resolved reflectivity and transmission studies of crystalline diamond in order to understand the complex nature of the solid-liquid phase transition in carbon. Above a well defined melti...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Ultrafast Relaxation Processes of Hot Carriers in Graphite
Because of the simple quasi-two-dimensional structure [1] and small overlap of the valence- and conduction band states in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) the relaxation dynamics of nonequilibrium ele...
-
Article
Femtosecond Laser Melting of Graphite and Diamond
Femtosecond time-resolved reflectivity measurements performed on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) and diamond elucidate the nature of the phase transition from solid to liquid carbon. In HOPG, we find...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Longitudinally Localized Optical Carrier Injection for Femtosecond Transport Studies
A new generation of microelectronic devices will be based on ballistic and quantum tunneling transport processes, which involve transit times on a femtosecond scale across submicron semiconductor layers. Funda...
