Areas of expertise

• Lasers And Quantum Electronics 020502
• Classical And Physical Optics 020501
• Nonlinear Optics And Spectroscopy 020503
• Quantum Optics 020604
• Photodetectors, Optical Sensors And Solar Cells 090605
• Optical Fibre Communications 100506
• Synchrotrons; Accelerators; Instruments And Techniques 029904
• General Relativity And Gravitational Waves 020105
• Degenerate Quantum Gases And Atom Optics 020601
• Optical Physics 0205

Publications

• Bandutunga, C, McRae, T, Zhang, Y et al. 2020, 'Infrasonic performance of a passively stabilized, all-fiber, optical frequency reference', Optics Express, vol. 28, no. 7, pp. 9280-9287.
• Zhang, Y, Bandutunga, C, Gray, M et al 2019, 'Multi-target CW interferometric acoustic measurements on a single optical beam', Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 13, pp. 18477-18483.
• Fleddermann, R, Lee, W, Huang, K et al 2017, 'Compact flexible multi-pass rotary delay line using spinning micro-machined mirrors', Scientific Reports, vol. 7, no. 9299, pp. 1 - 9pp..
• Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al 2016, 'ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS of the BINARY BLACK HOLE MERGER GW150914', Astrophysical Journal Letters, vol. 818, no. 2, pp. 1-15.
• McRae, T, Ngo, S, Lam, T et al 2016, 'Algebraic cancellation of polarisation noise in fibre interferometers', Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 10, pp. 10486-10494.
• Chow, J, Mansell, G, McClelland, D et al 2016, 'First low frequency all-sky search for continuous gravitational wave signals', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 042007 (25 pp).
• Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al 2016, 'GW150914: Implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from binary black holes', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 13, pp. 131102-131102.
• Abbott, T, Altin, P, Chow, J et al 2016, 'Observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole merger', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 6, pp. 61102-61102.
• Altin, P, Chow, J, Mansell, G et al 2016, 'GW150914: The advanced LIGO detectors in the era of first discoveries', Physical Review Letters, vol. 116, no. 13, pp. 131103-131103.
• Ngo, S, Shaddock, D, McRae, T et al. 2016, 'Suppressing Rayleigh backscatter and code noise from all-fiber digital interferometers', Optics Letters, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 84-87.
• Aasi, J, Abbott, B, Abbott, R et al 2015, 'Advanced LIGO', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 1-41pp.
• Aasi, J, Abadie, J, Abbott, B et al 2015, 'Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 32, no. 11.
• Aasi, J, Abbott, T, Acernese, F et al. 2015, 'Narrow-band search of continuous gravitational-wave signals from Crab and Vela pulsars in Virgo VSR4 data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 91, no. 2.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2015, 'Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two colocated LIGO Hanford detectors', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 91, no. 2.
• Abbott, T, Acernese, F, Adams, C et al 2015, 'Directed search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 with initial LIGO data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 91, no. 6.
• Chow, J, Mansell, G, McClelland, D et al 2015, 'SEARCHES for CONTINUOUS GRAVITATIONAL WAVES from NINE YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANTS', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 813, no. 1, pp. -.
• Dong, J, Lam, T, Gray, M et al 2014, 'Optical cavity enhanced real-time absorption spectroscopy of CO₂ using laser amplitude modulation', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 105, no. 5, p. 053505.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, McClelland, D et al. 2014, 'The NINJA-2 project: Detecting and characterizing gravitational waveforms modelled using numerical binary black hole simulations', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 1-45.
• Riesen, N, Lam, T & Chow, J 2014, 'Resolving the range ambiguity in OFDR using digital signal processing', Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 1-6.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Gossler, S et al. 2014, 'Application of a Hough search for continuous gravitational waves on data from the fifth LIGO science run', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 31, no. 8.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, McClelland, D et al. 2014, 'Implementation of an F-statistic all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Virgo VSR1 data', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 31, no. 16, pp. 1-27.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Gossler, S et al. 2014, 'Gravitational waves from known pulsars: Results from the initial detector era', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 785, no. 2, pp. 1-18.
• Aasi, J, Abadie, J, Abbott, R et al. 2014, 'Constraints on cosmic strings from the ligo-virgo gravitational-wave detectors', Physical Review Letters, vol. 112, no. 13, pp. 1-10.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, McClelland, D et al. 2014, 'Search for gravitational radiation from intermediate mass black hole binaries in data from the second LIGO-Virgo joint science run', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 89, no. 12.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Dickson, J et al. 2014, 'Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with gamma-ray Bursts Detected by the Interplanetary Network', Physical Review Letters, vol. 113, no. 1.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2014, 'First searches for optical counterparts to gravitational-wave candidate events', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 211, no. 1, p. 45658.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Gossler, S et al. 2014, 'Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed intermediate mass black holes in LIGO-Virgo data from 2005-2010', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 89, no. 10, pp. 1-18.
• Aasi, J, Abbott, B, Abbott, R et al. 2014, 'First all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from unknown sources in binary systems', Physical Review D, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 1-17.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Dickson, J et al. 2014, 'Methods and results of a search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts using the GEO 600, LIGO, and Virgo detectors', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 89, no. 12.
• Aartsen, M, Ackermann, M, Adams, J et al. 2014, 'Multimessenger search for sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos: Initial results for LIGO-Virgo and IceCube', Physical Review D, vol. 90, no. 10, pp. 102002/22.
• Aasi, J, Abbott, B, Abbott, R et al. 2014, 'Improved upper limits on the stochastic gravitational-wave background from 2009-2010 LIGO and Virgo data', Physical Review Letters, vol. 113, no. 23, pp. 1-10.
• Dong, J, Lam, T, Gray, M et al 2014, 'Gas analyzer with cavity enhanced amplitude modulated laser absorption spectroscopy', Optical Instrumentation for Energy and Environmental Applications 2014, Optical Society of American (OSA), United States.
• Riesen, N, Lam, T & Chow, J 2013, 'Bandwidth-division in digitally enhanced optical frequency domain reflectometry', Biomedical Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 4017-4026.
• Knittel, J, Chow, J, Gray, M et al. 2013, 'Ultrasensitive real-time measurement of dissipation and dispersion in a whispering-gallery mode microresonator', Optics Letters, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 1915-1917.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2013, 'Directed search for continuous gravitational waves from the Galactic center', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 88, no. 10, pp. 1-13.
• Buchler, B, Chow, J, Chua, S et al. 2013, 'Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light', Nature Photonics, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 613-619.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2013, 'Search for long-lived gravitational-wave transients coincident with long gamma-ray bursts', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 88, no. 12, pp. 1-13.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2013, 'Einstein@Home all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 042001(29).
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2013, 'Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 88, no. 6, pp. 1-24.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2013, 'A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007', Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2013, no. 6, pp. (40pp).
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2013, 'Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown in LIGO-Virgo data from 2009-2010', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 022002/1-15.
• Chow, J, Taylor, M, Lam, T et al 2012, 'Critical coupling control of a microresonator by laser amplitude modulation', Optics Express, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 12622-12630.
• Wade, A, McKenzie, K, Chen, Y et al 2012, 'Polarization speed meter for gravitational-wave detection', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 86, no. 6, pp. 1-8.
• Evans, P, Fridriksson, J, Gehrels, N et al. 2012, 'Swift follow-up observations of candidate gravitational-wave transient events', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 203, no. 2.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2012, 'Search for gravitational waves associated with gamma-ray bursts during Ligo science run 6 and Virgo science runs 2 and 3', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 760, no. 1, pp. 1-18.
• Lam, T, Gray, M, Shaddock, D et al. 2012, 'Subfrequency noise signal extraction in fiber-optic strain sensors using postprocessing', Optics Letters, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 2169-2171.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2012, 'Recent results for the search of continuous waves with the LIGO and Virgo detectors', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 1-10.
• Chow, J, Chua, S, Inta, R et al. 2012, 'Data quality studies of enhanced interferometric gravitational wave detectors', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 29, no. 12, pp. 1-11.
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 2012, 'All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the second joint LIGO-Virgo run', Physical Review D, vol. 85, pp. 122007/15.
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 2012, 'First low-latency LIGO plus Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 541, pp. A155/1-12.
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 2012, 'Search for gravitational waves from intermediate mass binary black holes', Physical Review D, vol. 85, pp. 102004/1-13.
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 2012, 'The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 29, pp. 155002/41.
• LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 2012, 'Upper limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background using LIGO and Virgo interferometers at 600-1000 Hz', Physical Review D, vol. 85, pp. 122001/1-13.
• Wuchenich, D, Lam, T, Chow, J et al. 2011, 'Laser frequency noise immunity in multiplexed displacement sensing', Optics Letters, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 672-674.
• Lam, T, Gagliardi, G, Salza, M et al 2010, 'Optical fiber three-axis accelerometer based on lasers locked to Ï€ phase-shifted Bragg gratings', Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 21, no. 9, pp. 094010 (8).
• Rabeling, D, Chow, J, Gray, M et al 2010, 'Experimental demonstration of impedance match locking and control for coupled resonators', Optics Express, vol. 18, no. 9, pp. 9314-9323.
• Littler, I, Gray, M, Lam, T et al 2010, 'Optical-fiber accelerometer array: Nano-g infrasonic operation in a passive 100km loop', IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1117-1124.
• Nguyen, T, Chow, J, Mow-Lowry, C et al 2010, 'A shot-noise limited fiber laser source by cascaded passive optical filtering', IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 976-980.
• Gagliardi, G, Salza, M, Ferarro, P et al 2010, 'Optical fiber sensing based on reflection laser spectroscopy', Sensors, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1823-1845.
• Lam, T, Slagmolen, B, Chow, J et al 2010, 'Digital laser frequency stabilization using an optical cavity', IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 1178-1183.
• McClelland, D, Gray, M & Chow, J 2009, Apparatus for interferometric sensing.
• Lam, T, Chow, J, Shaddock, D et al 2010, 'High-resolution absolute frequency referenced fiber optic sensor for quasi-static strain sensing', Applied Optics, vol. 49, no. 21, pp. 4029-4033.
• Littler, I, Gray, M, Chow, J et al 2009, 'Pico-strain multiplexed fiber optic sensor array operating down to infra-sonic frequencies', Optics Express, vol. 17, no. 13, pp. 11077-11087.
• Lam, T, Chow, J, Mow-Lowry, C et al 2009, 'A stabilized fiber laser for high-resolution low-frequency strain sensing', IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 983 - 986.
• Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al 2008, 'The status of GEO 600', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, p. 9.
• Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al 2008, 'Detection confidence tests for burst and inspiral candidate events', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 25, p. 12.
• Chow, J, Littler, I, Rabeling, D et al 2008, 'Using active resonator impedance matching for shot-noise limited, cavity enhanced amplitude modulated laser absorption spectroscopy', Optics Express, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 7726-7738.
• Chow, J, McClelland, D & Gray, M 2007, 'Backscatter-immune, polarization managed, all fiber Sagnac sensing interferometer', Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1-10.
• Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al 2007, 'Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars', Physical Review E-Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics, vol. 76, no. 4, pp. 042001 1-20.
• Chow, J, Dickson, J, Gossler, S et al 2007, 'First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 76, no. 2, pp. 022001/1-17.
• Gray, M, Chow, J, McKenzie, K et al 2007, 'Using a Passive Fiber Ring Cavity to Generate Shot-Noise-Limited Laser Light for Low-Power Quantum Optics Applications', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 19, no. 14, pp. 1063-1065.
• Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al 2007, 'Upper Limit map of a background of gravitational waves', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 76, pp. 082003 1-11.
• Ashley, M, Chow, J, Dickson, J et al 2007, 'Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 24, no. 21, pp. 5343-5369.
• Ashley, M, Chow, J, Dickson, J et al 2007, 'Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806- 20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO', Physical Review D-Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, vol. 76, pp. 062003 1-12.
• Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al 2007, 'Searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1:Results from the second LIGO science run', Physical Review D, vol. 76, pp. 082001 1-35.
• Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R et al. 2007, 'Searching for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 659, pp. 918-930.
• McClelland, D, Scott, S, Gray, M et al 2006, 'Status for Australian Consortium for Interferometric Gravitational Astronomy', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 23, pp. 41-49.
• Chow, J, Littler, I, McClelland, D et al 2006, 'Laser frequency-noise-limited ultrahigh resolution remote fiber sensing', Optics Express, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 4617-4624.
• Barriga, P, Barton, M, Blair, D et al 2005, 'Technology developments for ACIGA high power test facility for advanced interferometry', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 22, pp. S199-S208.
• Slagmolen, B, Barton, M, Mow-Lowry, C et al 2005, 'Alignment locking to suspended Fabry-Perot cavity', General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 37, pp. 1601-1608.
• Chow, J, Sheard, B, McClelland, D et al. 2005, 'Photothermal effects in passive fiber Bragg grating resonators', Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 708-710.
• Chow, J, McClelland, D, Gray, M et al. 2005, 'Demonstration of a passive subpicostrain fiber strain sensor', Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 15, pp. 1923-1925.
• Romann, A, Rabeling, D, De Vine, G et al 2005, 'Automatic alignment of a rigid spacer cavity', General Relativity and Gravitation, vol. 37, pp. 1591-1599.
• Chow, J, Littler, I, De Vine, G et al 2005, 'Phase-Sensitive Interrogation of Fiber Bragg Grating Resonators for Sensing Applications', Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1881-1889.
• Sheard, B, Gray, M, Slagmolen, B et al 2005, 'Experimental Demonstration of In-Loop Intracavity Intensity-Noise Suppression', IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 41, pp. 434-440.
• Chow, J, De Vine, G, Gray, M et al. 2004, 'Measurement of Gouy phase evolution by use of spatial mode interference', Optics Letters, vol. 29, no. 20, pp. 2339-2341.
• Chow, J, Rabeling, D, Gray, M et al 2004, 'Spot size and Guoy phase invariant telescope for auto-alignment of resonant cavities', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 21, no. 2004, pp. s909-s914.
• Jacob, J, Barriga, P, Blair, D et al 2003, 'Australia's role in gravitational wave detection', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, vol. 20, no. 2003, pp. 223-241.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopy (Primary Investigator)
• Geo-thermometers based on laser absorption spectroscopy (Primary Investigator)
• Quantum noise limited molecular spectrometry (Primary Investigator)
• Searching for gravitational waves with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) (Primary Investigator)