Carl Blair

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Carl Blair

Dr

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4566-6888

  • The University of Western Australia (M013), 35 Stirling Highway,

    6009 Perth

    Australia

Accepting PhD and other Higher Degree by Research Students. View current PhD/HDR research project opportunities at https://researchdegrees.uwa.edu.au/projects

PhD/HDR research projects available:

1. Meta-Material Opto-Mechanical Quantum Amplifier to Enhance Gravitational Wave Signals
2. Adaptive Optics in Gravitational Wave Detectors

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Biography

Dr. Carl Blair is an experimental physicist developing techniques to make better gravitational wave detectors at the University of Western Australia.  Carl enjoys anything that slides on water (frozen or otherwise) or rolls on 2 wheels and loves time working on gravitational wave detectors.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

Education/Academic qualification

Physics, BSC, Modelling the water column for remote sensing applications, Curtin University

1999 → 2005

Award Date: 20 Nov 2005

Electronic and Communications Engineering, BENG, Porting the Low Vision Image Enhancer project to the OMAP architecture, Curtin University

1999 → 2005

Award Date: 20 Nov 2005

External positions

LIGO Commissioning Postdoc, California Institute of Technology

31 Jul 2017 → 15 Jun 2019

Research expertise keywords

  • Gravitational wave detection technology
  • Opto-mechanics
  • Optics & Photonics

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  • Parametric instability in the neutron star extreme matter observatory

    Pan, J., Zhang, J., Blair, C., Jones, A. W., Zhao, C. & Ju, L., 21 Apr 2022, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 39, 8, 085007.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
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    1 Citation (Scopus)
    5 Downloads (Pure)

  • Quantum correlations between light and the kilogram-mass mirrors of LIGO

    LIGO Scientific Collaboration, 2 Jul 2020, In: Nature. 583, 7814, p. 43-47 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    155 Citations (Scopus)

  • Quantum-Enhanced Advanced LIGO Detectors in the Era of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy

    Tse, M., Yu, H., Kijbunchoo, N., Fernandez-Galiana, A., Dupej, P., Barsotti, L., Blair, C. D., Brown, D. D., Dwyer, S. E., Effler, A., Evans, M., Fritschel, P., Frolov, V. V., Green, A. C., Mansell, G. L., Matichard, F., Mavalvala, N., McClelland, D. E., McCuller, L. & McRae, T. & 180 others, Miller, J., Mullavey, A., Oelker, E., Phinney, I. Y., Sigg, D., Slagmolen, B. J. J., Vo, T., Ward, R. L., Whittle, C., Abbott, R., Adams, C., Adhikari, R. X., Ananyeva, A., Appert, S., Arai, K., Areeda, J. S., Asali, Y., Austin, C., Baer, A. M., Ball, M., Ballmer, S. W., Banagiri, S., Barker, D., Bartlett, J., Berger, B. K., Betzwieser, J., Bhattacharjee, D., Billingsley, G., Biscans, S., Blair, R. M., Bode, N., Booker, P., Bork, R., Bramley, A., Brooks, A. F., Buikema, A., Cahillane, C., Cannon, K. C., Chen, X., Ciobanu, A. A., Clara, F., Cooper, S. J., Corley, K. R., Countryman, S. T., Covas, P. B., Coyne, D. C., Datrier, L. E. H., Davis, D., Di Fronzo, C., Driggers, J. C., Etzel, T., Evans, T. M., Feicht, J., Fulda, P., Fyffe, M., Giaime, J. A., Giardina, K. D., Godwin, P., Goetz, E., Gras, S., Gray, C., Gray, R., Gupta, A., Gustafson, E. K., Gustafson, R., Hanks, J., Hanson, J., Hardwick, T., Hasskew, R. K., Heintze, M. C., Helmling-Cornell, A. F., Holland, N. A., Jones, J. D., Kandhasamy, S., Karki, S., Kasprzack, M., Kawabe, K., King, P. J., Kissel, J. S., Kumar, R., Landry, M., Lane, B. B., Lantz, B., Laxen, M., Lecoeuche, Y. K., Leviton, J., Liu, J., Lormand, M., Lundgren, A. P., Macas, R., MacInnis, M., MacLeod, D. M., Márka, S., Márka, Z., Martynov, D. V., Mason, K., Massinger, T. J., McCarthy, R., McCormick, S., McIver, J., Mendell, G., Merfeld, K., Merilh, E. L., Meylahn, F., Mistry, T., Mittleman, R., Moreno, G., Mow-Lowry, C. M., Mozzon, S., Nelson, T. J. N., Nguyen, P., Nuttall, L. K., Oberling, J., Oram, R. J., O'Reilly, B., Osthelder, C., Ottaway, D. J., Overmier, H., Palamos, J. R., Parker, W., Payne, E., Pele, A., Perez, C. J., Pirello, M., Radkins, H., Ramirez, K. E., Richardson, J. W., Riles, K., Robertson, N. A., Rollins, J. G., Romel, C. L., Romie, J. H., Ross, M. P., Ryan, K., Sadecki, T., Sanchez, E. J., Sanchez, L. E., Saravanan, T. R., Savage, R. L., Schaetzl, D., Schnabel, R., Schofield, R. M. S., Schwartz, E., Sellers, D., Shaffer, T. J., Smith, J. R., Soni, S., Sorazu, B., Spencer, A. P., Strain, K. A., Sun, L., Szczepańczyk, M. J., Thomas, M., Thomas, P., Thorne, K. A., Toland, K., Torrie, C. I., Traylor, G., Urban, A. L., Vajente, G., Valdes, G., Vander-Hyde, D. C., Veitch, P. J., Venkateswara, K., Venugopalan, G., Viets, A. D., Vorvick, C., Wade, M., Warner, J., Weaver, B., Weiss, R., Willke, B., Wipf, C. C., Xiao, L., Yamamoto, H., Yap, M. J., Yu, H., Zhang, L., Zucker, M. E. & Zweizig, J., 5 Dec 2019, In: Physical Review Letters. 123, 23, 231107.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    Open Access
    515 Citations (Scopus)

  • Contoured thermal deformation of mirror surface for detuning parametric instability in an optical cavity

    Wu, B., Blair, C., Ju, L. & Zhao, C., 27 May 2020, In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 37, 12, 125003.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    2 Citations (Scopus)

  • Seismic isolation of optical tables using piezo actuators

    Wang, T., Blair, C., Al-Jodah, A., Winterflood, J., Liu, J., Adam, A., Goodwin-Jones, A., Zhao, C. & Ju, L., Jun 2025, In: Review of Scientific Instruments. 96, 6, 064504.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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