Patrick Kwee
Doctoral thesis
Laser Characterization and Stabilization for Precision Interferometry
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Jan 2010
Sierke Verlag, Dec 2010, ISBN 978-3-86844-290-8

Awards: Science Award Hannover, Honorable mention GWIC Thesis Prize

Abstract
Lasers for high-precision optical measurements, in particular for ground-based interferometric gravitational wave detectors, were characterized and stabilized. A compact, automated laser beam diagnostic instrument, based on an optical ring resonator, was developed and used to characterize the output beam of different continuous-wave, single-frequency lasers at wavelengths of 1064nm and 1550nm. The laser beam fluctuations... [more]

Diploma thesis
Charakterisierung von Lasersystemen für Gravitationswellendetektoren
Universität Hannover, Sep 2005
(in German)