Patrick Kwee

Show first author (10), co-author (9), collaboration (76) non-refereed (2) publications.

2016

Sensitivity of the Advanced LIGO detectors at the beginning of gravitational wave astronomy

Authors:Martynov et al.

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 93:112004, 2016

Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. Lett., 116:061102, 2016

2015

Searching for stochastic gravitational waves using data from the two colocated LIGO Hanford detectors

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 91:022003, 2015

Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Classical and Quantum Gravity, 32(11):115012, 2015

2014

Decoherence and degradation of squeezed states in quantum filter cavities

Authors:Kwee, P., Miller, J., Isogai, T., Barsotti, L., Evans, M.

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 90:062006, 2014

The NINJA-2 project: detecting and characterizing gravitational waveforms modelled using numerical binary black hole simulations

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31(11):115004, 2014

Application of a Hough search for continuous gravitational waves on data from the fifth LIGO science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31(8):085014, 2014

Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars: Results from the Initial Detector Era

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:The Astrophysical Journal, 785(2):119, 2014

Implementation of an F-statistic all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Virgo VSR1 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31(16):165014, 2014

Constraints on Cosmic Strings from the LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detectors

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. Lett., 112:131101, 2014

First Searches for Optical Counterparts to Gravitational-wave Candidate Events

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 211(1):7, 2014

Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed intermediate mass black holes in LIGO-Virgo data from 2005 - 2010

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 89:102006, 2014

Improved Upper Limits on the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background from 2009\char212010 LIGO and Virgo Data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. Lett., 113:231101, 2014

First all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from unknown sources in binary systems

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 90:062010, 2014

Search for gravitational radiation from intermediate mass black hole binaries in data from the second LIGO-Virgo joint science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 89:122003, 2014

2013

Realistic filter cavities for advanced gravitational wave detectors

Authors:Evans, M., Barsotti, L., Kwee, P., Harms, J., Miao, H.

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 88:022002, 2013

Loss in long-storage-time optical cavities

Authors:T. Isogai, J. Miller, P. Kwee, L. Barsotti, M. Evans

Journal:Opt. Express, 21(24):30114--30125, 2013

Einstein@ Home all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Physical Review D, 87(4):042001, 2013

A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2013(06):008, 2013

Einstein@Home all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 87:042001, 2013

Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown in LIGO-Virgo data from 2009 2010

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 87:022002, 2013

Enhanced sensitivity of the LIGO gravitational wave detector by using squeezed states of light

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Nature Photonics, 7(8):613--619, 2013

Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown in LIGO-Virgo data from 2009--2010

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Physical Review D, 87(2):022002, 2013

Search for long-lived gravitational-wave transients coincident with long gamma-ray bursts

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 88:122004, 2013

Directed search for continuous gravitational waves from the Galactic center

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 88:102002, 2013

Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 88:062001, 2013

2012

Stabilized high-power laser system for the gravitational wave detector advanced LIGO

Authors:P. Kwee, C. Bogan, K. Danzmann, M. Frede, H. Kim, P. King, J. Poeld, O. Puncken, R. L. Savage, F. Seifert, P. Wessels, L. Winkelmann, B. Willke

Journal:Opt. Express, 20(10):10617--10634, 2012

Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in LIGO's sixth science run and Virgo's science runs 2 and 3

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 85:082002, 2012

The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Classical and Quantum Gravity, 29(15):155002, 2012

All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the full S5 LIGO data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 85:022001, 2012

Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Astronomy & Astrophysics, 539:A124, 2012

First low-latency LIGO+ Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Astronomy & Astrophysics, 541, 2012

Search for gravitational waves from intermediate mass binary black holes

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 85:102004, 2012

All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the second joint LIGO-Virgo run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 85:122007, 2012

Swift Follow-up Observations of Candidate Gravitational-wave Transient Events

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration, Swift Collaboration

Journal:The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 203(2):28, 2012

Upper limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background using LIGO and Virgo interferometers at 600-1000Hz

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 85:122001, 2012

2011

New concepts and results in laser power stabilization

Authors:P. Kwee, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:App. Phys. B, 102:515-522, 2011

Laser power noise detection at the quantum-noise limit of 32A photocurrent

Authors:P. Kwee, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:Opt. Lett., 36(18):3563--3565, 2011

Ultra-stable, high-power laser systems

Authors:P. Kwee

Journal:Moriond Gravitation Proceedings, , 2011

Injection-locked single-frequency laser with an output power of 220 W

Authors:L. Winkelmann, O. Puncken, R. Kluzik, C. Veltkamp, P. Kwee, J. Poeld, C. Bogan, B. Willke, M. Frede, J. Neumann, P. Wessels, D. Kracht

Journal:App. Phys. B, 102:529-538, 2011

A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Nature Physics, 7(12):962--965, 2011

Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves Using LIGO S5 Science Data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. Lett., 107:271102, 2011

Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 83(4):042001, 2011

Search for Gravitational Wave Bursts from Six Magnetars

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J., 734(2):L35, 2011

Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 83(12):122005, 2011

2010

Quantum limit of different laser power stabilization schemes involving optical resonators

Authors:P. Kwee, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., 228(1):012023, 2010

Search for Gravitational-wave Inspiral Signals Associated with Short Gamma-ray Bursts During LIGO's Fifth and Virgo's First Science Run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J., 715(2):1453, 2010

Search For Gravitational-wave Bursts Associated with Gamma-ray Bursts using Data from LIGO Science Run 5 and Virgo Science Run 1

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J., 715(2):1438, 2010

All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 81(10):102001, 2010

Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars with Science Run 5 LIGO Data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J., 713(1):671, 2010

Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 82(10):102001, 2010

Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 27(17):173001, 2010

First Search for Gravitational Waves from the Youngest Known Neutron Star

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J., 722(2):1504, 2010

Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A, 624(1):223 - 240, 2010

2009

Laser power stabilization using optical ac coupling and its quantum and technical limits

Authors:P. Kwee, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:Appl. Opt., 48(28):5423--5431, 2009

Shot-noise-limited laser power stabilization with a high-power photodiode array

Authors:P. Kwee, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:Opt. Lett., 34(19):2912--2914, 2009

New Concepts and Results in Laser Power Stabilization

Authors:P. Kwee

Journal:Research Highlight in MPI Biennial Report 2008/2009, :66--69, 2009

Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO's fifth science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 80(4):047101, 2009

Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 80(6):062001, 2009

First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 80(6):062002, 2009

An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Nature, 460(7258):990--994, 2009

Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, D. Anderson

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 80(4):042003, 2009

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 80(10):102001, 2009

Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO's fifth science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 80(10):102002, 2009

Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO's S5 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 79(12):122001, 2009

LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Rep. Prog. Phys., 72(7):076901 (25pp), 2009

Stacked Search for Gravitational Waves from the 2006 SQR 1900+14 Storm

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J. Lett., 701(2):L68-L74, 2009

Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:New J. Phys., 11(7):073032 (13pp), 2009

Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 79(2):022001, 2009

All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. Lett., 102(11):111102, 2009

2008

Automatic laser beam characterization of monolithic Nd:YAG nonplanar ring lasers

Authors:P. Kwee, B. Willke

Journal:Appl. Opt., 47(32):6022--6032, 2008

Optical ac coupling to overcome limitations in the detection of optical power fluctuations

Authors:P. Kwee, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:Opt. Lett., 33(13):1509--1511, 2008

Stabilized lasers for advanced gravitational wave detectors

Authors:B. Willke, K. Danzmann, M. Frede, P. King, D. Kracht, P. Kwee, O. Puncken, R. Savage, B. Schulz, F. Seifert, C. Veltkamp, S. Wagner, P. Wessels, L. Winkelmann

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 25(11):114040 (9pp), 2008

Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, S. Barthelmy, N. Gehrels, K. C. Hurley, D. Palmer

Journal:Phys. Rev. Lett., 101(21):211102, 2008

Search of S3 LIGO data for gravitational wave signals from spinning black hole and neutron star binary inspirals

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 78(4):042002, 2008

All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 77(2):022001, 2008

Beating the Spin-Down Limit on Gravitational Wave Emission from the Crab Pulsar

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J. Lett., 683(1):L45-L49, 2008

First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 25(24):245008 (21pp), 2008

A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, AURIGA Collaboration

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 25(9):095004 (16pp), 2008

Search for gravitational waves associated with 39 gamma-ray bursts using data from the second, third, and fourth LIGO runs

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 77(6):062004, 2008

Implications for the Origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO Observations

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, K. Hurley

Journal:Astrophys. J., 681(2):1419-1430, 2008

Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, Virgo Collaboration

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 25(11):114051 (12pp), 2008

Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 77(6):062002, 2008

2007

Laser beam quality and pointing measurement with an optical resonator

Authors:P. Kwee, F. Seifert, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:Rev. Sci. Instrum., 78:1--10, 2007

Fundamental mode, single-frequency laser amplifier for gravitational wave detectors

Authors:M. Frede, B. Schulz, R. Wilhelm, P. Kwee, F. Seifert, B. Willke, D. Kracht

Journal:Opt. Express, 15:459--465, 2007

Searching for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Astrophys. J., 659(2):918-930, 2007

Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 76(6):062003, 2007

Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, M. Kramer, A. Lyne

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 76(4):042001, 2007

First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration, ALLEGRO Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 76(2):022001, 2007

Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 24(22):5343-5369, 2007

Searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: Results from the second LIGO science run

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 76(8):082001, 2007

Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves

Authors:LIGO Scientific Collaboration

Journal:Phys. Rev. D, 76(8):082003, 2007

2006

Stabilized High Power Laser for Advanced Gravitational Wave Detectors

Authors:B. Willke, K. Danzmann, C. Fallnich, M. Frede, M. Heurs, P. King, D. Kracht, P. Kwee, R. Savage, F. Seifert, R. Wilhelm

Journal:J. Phys. Conf. Ser., 32:270-275, 2006

Laser power stabilization for second-generation gravitational wave detectors

Authors:F. Seifert, P. Kwee, M. Heurs, B. Willke, K. Danzmann

Journal:Opt. Lett., 31(13):2000--2002, 2006

Single-frequency master-oscillator photonic crystal fiber amplifier with 148W output power

Authors:M. Hildebrandt, M. Frede, P. Kwee, B. Willke, D. Kracht

Journal:Opt. Express, 14(23):11071--11076, 2006

Status of the GEO600 detector

Authors:GEO Collaboration

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 23(8):S71-S78, 2006

The GEO-HF project

Authors:GEO Collaboration

Journal:Class. Quantum Grav., 23:S207--s214, 2006