Prof. Dr. Karsten Danzmann

• Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
  Albert Einstein Institute
  Leibniz Universität Hannover
  Callinstr. 38, D-30167 Hannover
  
  Phone: (+49) (511) 762 2229
  Fax: (+49) (511) 762 5861
• Email: office-hannover(at)aei.mpg.de

Major Research Interests concerning QUEST:

Experimental Physics: Gravitational Waves, Quantum Optics, Laser Interferometry, Co-PI of GEO600 Gravitational Wave Detector, ESA Mission Scientist for LISA

5 most relevant publications:

• H. Vahlbruch, M. Mehmet, S. Chelkowski, B. Hage, A.
  Franzen, N. Lastzka, S. Gossler, K. Danzmann, and R.
  Schnabel, Observation of squeezed light with 10-db
  quantum noise reduction, Physical Review Letters 100,
  033602 (2008)
• H. Müller-Ebhardt, H. Rehbein, R. Schnabel, K.Danzmann, and Y. Chen, Entanglement of macroscopic
  test masses and the standard quantum limit in laser
  interferometry, Physical Review Letters 100, 013601
  (2008)
• B. Abbott et. al., Limits on gravitational-wave emission
  from selected pulsars using LIGO data, Physical Review
  Letters 94, 181103 (2005)
• R. Schnabel, A. Bunkowski, O. Burmeister, and K.
  Danzmann, Three-Port Beam Splitters-Combiners for
  interferometer Applications, Optics Letters 31, 658-60
  (2006)
• H. Vahlbruch, S. Chelkowski, B. Hage, A. Franzen, K.
  Danzmann, and R. Schnabel, Coherent control of vacuum
  squeezing in the Gravitational-Wave Detection Band,
  Physical Review Letters 97, 011101 (2006)