Miftar Ganija

Research Interests

Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy Optics Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering Lasers and Quantum Electronics Mechanical Engineering

Prof Miftar Ganija

Professor of Novel Short and Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

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Miftar Ganija holds a joint appointment within the School of Physical Sciences and the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) at the University of Adelaide.
 
 
He is the Founder and Lead Scientist of DualTech–USPL, a research and innovation program dedicated to advancing Ultrashort and Short Pulsed Laser (USPL) technologies. Professor Ganija also serves as Theme Leader for Hypersonics and Countermeasures within the Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability a $250 million national enterprise powered by the University of Adelaide and UNSW, with support from the Australian Government and industry partners.
 
Miftar’s research bridges fundamental laser physics with applied engineering, focusing on building Australia’s sovereign capability in high-power laser systems. His work drives innovation across scientific, industrial, defence, and medical domains, reflecting his commitment to transforming cutting-edge photonics into real-world technologies.

DualTech-USPL Program

The DualTech–USPL Program addresses Australia’s critical need for ultrashort pulsed laser technology development and the skilled workforce to sustain it. The program integrates science, engineering, and industry collaboration to create a sovereign ecosystem for laser research and manufacturing.

The program focuses on three major R&D streams:

  • Source Development – Design and construction of advanced short and ultrashort pulse laser sources.
  • Propagation and Effect Generation – Investigating beam behaviour and interaction with matter.
  • Applications – Translating laser science into defence, industrial, and medical technologies.

DualTech–USPL provides an innovation-driven training environment, combining mechanical, electronic, and optical engineering skills. Students engage in hands-on, cross-disciplinary projects, gaining expertise in experimental design, laser system integration, and applied photonics.
 


Facilities

DualTech–USPL: Research Facility (Under Construction)
Fostering collaborative research and large-scale laser development, this facility will serve as a central hub for advanced laser source construction, system integration, and full-scale experimentation. It will support projects across laser fusion, defence, industrial, and scientific applications.

DualTech–USPL: Fundamental Science
Focused on generating new knowledge and intellectual property for dual-use applications, this laboratory investigates laser–matter interactions, beam propagation, and fundamental optical science that underpin the next generation of high-power and ultrashort pulsed laser technologies.

DualTech–USPL: Rapid Prototyping
A hands-on engineering space dedicated to component fabrication, optical assembly, and rapid testing of laser concepts. This laboratory bridges research and application, enabling students and researchers to design, prototype, and validate innovative laser technologies efficiently.

 

Supervision Opportunities

The DualTech–USPL Group welcomes highly motivated students to work on cutting-edge laser physics and engineering projects. Our research integrates optical science, photonics, and engineering to advance next-generation laser technologies with applications across defence, industry, and medicine.

Research areas include:
• High-power and ultrashort pulsed laser development
• Cryogenic solid-state and fibre laser systems
• Frequency conversion and novel wavelength generation
• Beam propagation and laser–matter interactions
• Electronic and mechanical design for laser systems and control

Honours, M.Phil., and PhD scholarships are available for students interested in contributing to Australia’s sovereign laser science and technology capability.

 

DualTech-USPL

 

Date Position Institution name
2019 - ongoing Visiting Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2017 - 2019 University Research Fellow School of Physical Sciences

Language Competency
Albanian Can read, write and speak
German Can read, write and speak

Date Institution name Country Title
2008 - 2013 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD

Year Citation
2025 Lukas, E., Santos, A. M. C., Ganija, M., & Veitch, P. (2025). Evaluating the effects of increased stimulation power on a beryllium oxide real-time optically stimulated luminescence fibre-coupled dosimeter.. Radiation Measurements, 184, 107439.
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2021 Madden, L., Lukas, E., Santos, A., Ganija, M., Veitch, P., Rosenfeld, A., & Li, E. (2021). Deconvolution analysis improves real-time OSL of BeO ceramic. Radiation Measurements, 149, 106680-1-106680-8.
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2021 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2021). Searches for Continuous Gravitational Waves from 15 Supernova Remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO (vol 875, 122, 2019). ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 918(2), 6 pages.
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2020 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2020). Erratum: Searches for Gravitational Waves from Known Pulsars at Two Harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO Data (vol 879, 10, 2019). ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 899(2), 9 pages.
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2020 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Veitch, P. (2020). Prospects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA. Living Reviews in Relativity, 23(1), 3-1-3-69.
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2020 Ganija, M., Hemming, A., Simakov, N., Boyd, K., Carmody, N., Veitch, P., . . . Munch, J. (2020). Cryogenically cooled, Ho:YAG, Q-switched laser. Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 126(4), 1-6.
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2020 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2020). A guide to LIGO-Virgo detector noise and extraction of transient gravitational-wave signals. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37(5), 055002.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Blair, C. D. (2019). Erratum: Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars at two harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO data (Astrophysical Journal (2019) 879 (10) DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab20cb). Astrophysical Journal, 882(1), 13 pages.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Ackley, K., Adams, A., . . . Papa, M. A. (2019). Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first and second observing runs of the Advanced LIGO and Virgo network. Physical Review D, 100(6), 064064-1-064064-18.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Properties of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. Physical Review X, 9(1), 011001-1-011001-32.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Veitch, P. (2019). Constraining the p-Mode-g-Mode Tidal Instability with GW170817. Physical Review Letters, 122(6), 061104-1-061104-12.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Search for gravitational waves from a long-lived remnant of the binary neutron star merger GW170817. The Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 1-19.
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2019 Burns, E., Goldstein, A., Hui, C. M., Blackburn, L., Briggs, M. S., Connaughton, V., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). A Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor Search for electromagnetic signals coincident with gravitational-wave candidates in advanced LIGO's first observing run. Astrophysical Journal, 871(1), 1-12.
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2019 Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Ardid, M., Aubert, J. J., Aublin, J., . . . Lefèvre, D. (2019). Search for multimessenger sources of gravitational waves and high-energy neutrinos with Advanced LIGO during Its first observing run, ANTARES, and IceCube. Astrophysical Journal, 870(2), 134-1-134-16.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Ganija, M. (2019). Tests of general relativity with GW170817. Physical Review Letters, 123(1), 1-15.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). GWTC-1: A gravitational-wave transient catalog of compact binary mergers observed by LIGO and Virgo during the first and second observing runs. Physical Review X, 9(3), 031040-1-031040-49.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Searches for continuous gravitational waves from 15 supernova remnants and Fomalhaut b with Advanced LIGO. The Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 122-1-122-15.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Binary black hole population properties inferred from the first and second observing runs of advanced LIGO and advanced Virgo. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 882(2), L24-1-30.
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2019 Soares-Santos, M., Palmese, A., Hartley, W., Annis, J., Garcia-Bellido, J., Lahav, O., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). First measurement of the Hubble constant from a dark standard siren using the Dark Energy Survey galaxies and the LIGO/Virgo binary-black-hole merger GW170814. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 876(1), 1-15.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Low-latency gravitational-wave alerts for multimessenger astronomy during the second Advanced LIGO and Virgo observing run. The Astrophysical Journal, 875(2), 161-1-161-20.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Ng, S. W. (2019). Search for transient gravitational-wave signals associated with magnetar bursts during Advanced LIGO's second observing run. The Astrophysical Journal, 874(2), 163-1-163-14.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Veitch, P. (2019). Narrow-band search for gravitational waves from known pulsars using the second LIGO observing run. Physical Review D, 99(12), 122002-1-122002-20.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Pisarski, A. (2019). All-sky search for continuous gravitational waves from isolated neutron stars using Advanced LIGO O2 data. Physical Review D, 100(2), 27 pages.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Weltervrede, P. (2019). Searches for gravitational waves from known pulsars at two harmonics in 2015-2017 LIGO data. Astrophysical Journal, 879(1), 10-1-10-28.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1. Physical Review D, 100(10), 104036-1-104036-30.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Veitch, P. (2019). Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run. Physical Review D, 100(6), 061101-1-061101-16.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Directional limits on persistent gravitational waves using data from Advanced LIGO's first two observing runs. Physical Review D, Particles and fields, 100(6), 062001-1-062001-14.
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2019 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Abraham, S., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., . . . Zweizig, J. (2019). Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the second Advanced LIGO observing run with an improved hidden Markov model. Physical Review D, 100(12), 122002-1-122002-21.
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2018 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Bell, A. S. (2018). GW170817: measurements of neutron star radii and equation of state. Physical Review Letters, 121(16), 161101-1-161101-16.
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2018 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2018). Full band all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 97(10), 102003-1-102003-31.
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2018 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Betzwieser, J. (2018). Search for tensor, vector, and scalar polarizations in the stochastic gravitational-wave background. Physical Review Letters, 120(20), 201102-1-201102-13.
DOI Scopus113 WoS99 Europe PMC2
2018 Abbott, B. P., Abbott, R., Abbott, T. D., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Bell, A. S. (2018). Search for subsolar-Mass ultracompact binaries in advanced LIGO's first observing run. Physical Review Letters, 121(23), 231103-1-231103-13.
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2018 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2018). Constraints on cosmic strings using data from the first Advanced LIGO observing run. Physical Review D, 97(10), 102002-1-102002-20.
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2018 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Birnholtz, O. (2018). First search for nontensorial gravitational waves from known pulsars. Physical Review Letters, 120(3), 031104-1-031104-13.
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2018 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Betzwieser, J. (2018). GW170817: implications for the stochastic gravitational-wave background from compact binary coalescences. Physical Review Letters, 120(9), 091101-1-091101-12.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Veitch, P. (2017). On the progenitor of binary neutron star merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 850(2), 18 pages.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2017). Search for post-merger gravitational waves from the remnant of the Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851(1), L16-1-L16-13.
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2017 Albert, A., André, M., Anghinolfi, M., Ardid, M., Aubert, J., Aublin, J., . . . Leonora, E. (2017). Search for high-energy neutrinos from binary neutron star merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 850(2), 1-18.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Woudt, P. (2017). Multi-messenger observations of a binary neutron star merger. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848(2), L12-1-L12-59.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Bero, J. (2017). GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral. Physical Review Letters, 119(16), 161101-1-161101-18.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Ubertini, P. (2017). Gravitational waves and gamma-rays from a binary neutron star merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 848(2), L13-1-L13-27.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Bertolini, A. (2017). GW170608: observation of a 19 solar-mass binary black hole coalescence. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851(2), 1-11.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Bersanetti, D. (2017). GW170814: A three-detector observation of gravitational waves from a binary black hole coalescence. Physical Review Letters, 119(14), 141101-1-141101-16.
DOI Scopus1932 WoS3196 Europe PMC65
2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2017). All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the O1 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 96(6), 062002-1-062002-35.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Betzwieser, J. (2017). First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data. Physical Review D, 96(12), 122006-1-122006-20.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Serra-Ricart, M. (2017). A gravitational-wave standard siren measurement of the Hubble constant. Nature, 551(7678), 85-88.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Bertolini, A. (2017). Estimating the contribution of dynamical ejecta in the kilonova associated with GW170817. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 850(2), L39-1-L39-13.
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2017 Ganija, M., Hemming, A., Simakov, N., Boyd, K., Haub, J., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2017). High power cryogenic Ho:YAG laser. Optics Express, 25(25), 31889-31895.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Evans, R. (2017). Search for gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 in the first Advanced LIGO observing run with a hidden Markov model. Physical Review D, 95(12), 122003-1-122003-20.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Zweizig, J. (2017). Search for intermediate mass black hole binaries in the first observing run of Advanced LIGO. Physical Review D, 96(2), 022001-1-022001-14.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Billingsley, G. (2017). GW170104: observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2. Physical Review Letters, 118(22), 221101-1-221101-17.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Wang, L. (2017). Upper limits on gravitational waves from Scorpius X-1 from a model-based cross-correlation search in Advanced LIGO data. Astrophysical Journal, 847(1), 47-1-47-14.
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2017 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Abbott, T., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adams, C., . . . Anderson, D. (2017). First low-frequency Einstein@Home all-sky search for continuous gravitational waves in Advanced LIGO data. Physical Review D, 96(12), 122004-1-122004-26.
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2016 Ganija, M., Simakov, N., Hemming, A., Haub, J., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2016). Efficient, low threshold, cryogenic Ho:YAG laser. Optics Express, 24(11), 11569-11577.
DOI Scopus23 WoS17 Europe PMC2
2013 Ganija, M., Ottaway, D., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2013). Cryogenic, high power, near diffraction limited, Yb:YAG slab laser. Optics Express, 21(6), 6973-6978.
DOI Scopus30 WoS25 Europe PMC3
2012 Ganija, M., Hosken, D., Munch, J., Ottaway, D., & Veitch, P. (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. Physical Review. D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 85(8), 1-12.
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2012 Ganija, M., Hosken, D., Munch, J., Ottaway, D., & Veitch, P. (2012). Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 539, 1-15.
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2012 Ganija, M., Hosken, D., Munch, J., Ottaway, D., & Veitch, P. (2012). All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the full S5 LIGO data. Physical Review. D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 85(2), 022001-1-022001-19.
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2011 Ganija, M., Hosken, D., Munch, J., Ottaway, D., & Veitch, P. (2011). A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit. Nature Physics, 7(12), 962-965.
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2008 Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., Allen, B., . . . Zweizig, J. (2008). All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data. Physical Review. D. Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 77(2), 022001-01-022001-38.
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Year Citation
2023 Ganija, M., Boyd, K., & Munch, J. (2023). High-Power Q-switched Near Infrared Cryogenic Lasers. In 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023 (pp. 1). Munich, Germany: IEEE.
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2021 Ganija, M., Boyd, K., Hemming, A., Carmody, N., Simakov, N., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2021). High Energy Cryogenically Cooled Ho:YAG Oscillator. In 2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 (pp. 1). online: IEEE.
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2020 Ganija, M., Hemming, A., Boyd, K., Gambell, A., & Simakov, N. (2020). Progress towards High Power Scaling of Ho: YAG Lasers. In 2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, CLEO-PR 2020 - Proceedings (pp. 2 pages). Sydney, Australia: Optica Publishing Group.
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2019 Gambell, A., Simakov, N., Ganija, M., Hemming, A., Daniel, J. M. O., Shardlow, P. C., . . . Haub, J. (2019). Intra-cavity semiconductor laser tuning using a frequency compensating acousto-optic tunable filter pair. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-2). online: SPIE.
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2019 McAfee, D., Boyd, K., Ganija, M., Simakov, N., Carmody, N., Munch, J., . . . Haub, J. (2019). Mode-locked Holmium fibre laser. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-3). online: SPIE.
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2019 Taylor, L. E., Oermann, M. R., Ganija, M., Munch, J., McAfee, D. M., & Hemming, A. (2019). Single frequency holmium-doped DBR fibre laser at 2.1 μm. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering Vol. 11200 (pp. 1-2). online: SPIE.
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2018 Ganija, M., Hemming, A., Simakov, N., Carmody, N., Veitch, P., Haub, J., & Munch, J. (2018). Q-switched cryogenic Ho:YAG laser. In Proceedings of the CLEO: Science and Innovations 2018 Vol. Part F94-CLEO_SI 2018 (pp. 1-2). San Jose, California: OSA Publishing.
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2016 Ganija, M., Simakov, N., Hemming, A., Haub, J., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2016). High Resolution Spectroscopy For Cryogenic Ho:YAG Laser. In OSA (pp. 2 pages). Online: The Optical Society.
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2016 Ganija, M. (2016). Second Harmonic Generation Using a Monolithic, Linearly Polarized Thulium Doped Fiber Laser. In OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2016) Vol. paper AW2B.2 (pp. 2 pages). online: OSA.
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2013 Ganija, M., Ottaway, D., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2013). Cryogenically cooled end pumped Yb: YAG zigzag slab laser. In Proceedings 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - International Quantum Electronics Conference (pp. CA_7_1). Munich, Germany: Optical Society of America.
2013 Ganija, M., Ottaway, D., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2013). Cryogenically cooled end pumped Yb: YAG zigzag slab laser. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers (pp. 1). IEEE.
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2012 Ganija, M., Ottaway, D., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2012). Cryogenic, conduction cooled, end pumped, zigzag slab laser, suitable for power scaling. In 2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2012 (pp. 1-2). USA: IEEE.
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2011 Ganija, M., Ottaway, D., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2011). A cryogenic, end pumped, zigzag slab laser suitable for power scaling. In Optics Infobase Conference Papers (pp. 627-629). Sydney, Australia: Optical Society of America.
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2009 Ganija, M., Ottaway, D., Hosken, D., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2009). Power scaling of cryogenically cooled high power solid state laser. In Proceedings of the ACOLS ACOFT 09 Conference (pp. 548-549). CDROM: Australian Optical Society.

Year Citation
2025 Ganija, M., Boyd, K., & Munch, J. (2025). Highly Efficient Cryogenically Cooled Ho: YLF Oscillator. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2025 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference CLEO Europe Eqec 2025. IEEE.
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2017 Ganija, M., Hemming, A., Simakov, N., Haub, J., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2017). High power cryogenically cooled Ho: YAG laser. Poster session presented at the meeting of Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. Munich, GERMANY: IEEE.
2014 Ganija, M., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2014). Comparison of diode pumping efficiency of an Er: YAG laser at 300 K and 77 K for Gravitational Wave Interferometry. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian and New Zealand conference of Optics. Adelaide.
2010 Ganija, M., Ottaway, D., Hosken, D., Veitch, P., & Munch, J. (2010). Power scaling and reliable cryogenic cooling of a high power solid state laser. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Institute of Physics Congress. Melbourne, Australia.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Principal Supervisor High Energy Lasers and High Intensity Light-Matter Interactions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Henry Duncan Rogers
2025 Principal Supervisor Investigation of amplifier stages for gas phase compression of ultrashort pulse laser sources. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Andrew Phillip Matulick
2025 Principal Supervisor Investigation of amplifier stages for gas phase compression of ultrashort pulse laser sources. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Andrew Phillip Matulick
2025 Principal Supervisor High Energy Lasers and High Intensity Light-Matter Interactions Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Henry Duncan Rogers
2025 Principal Supervisor Ultra fast laser research - Master Full Time Mr Oliver Thomas Cobcroft
2024 Principal Supervisor Research and Development in Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser (USPL) machining systems in the 2–5-micron region for the investigation of fundamental laser/material interactions for industrial and medical applications. Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Sitivi Napier Sooaemalelagi
2024 Principal Supervisor USPL Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jonte Colin Reilly
2024 Principal Supervisor Research and Development in Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser (USPL) machining systems in the 25-micron region for the investigation of fundamental laser/material interactions for industrial and medical applications. - Master Full Time Mr Sitivi Napier Sooaemalelagi
2024 Principal Supervisor USPL Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Jonte Colin Reilly
2023 Principal Supervisor Experimental and theoretical investigation of energy and repetition rate scaling of Ultrashort pulsed lasers for Near and Mid infrared applications Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Michael James Murray
2023 Principal Supervisor Experimental and theoretical investigation of energy and repetition rate scaling of Ultrashort pulsed lasers for Near and Mid infrared applications Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Michael James Murray
2021 Co-Supervisor Real-Time Optically Stimulated Luminescence Fibre-Coupled Dosimetry with Beryllium Oxide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Miss Erin Jennifer Lukas
2021 Co-Supervisor Real-Time Optically Stimulated Luminescence Fibre-Coupled Dosimetry with Beryllium Oxide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Erin Jennifer Lukas

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2024 Principal Supervisor USPL Doctor of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Jonte Colin Reilly
2022 - 2025 Principal Supervisor Investigation of amplifier stages for gas phase compression of ultrashort pulse laser sources. Doctor of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Andrew Phillip Matulick
2022 - 2025 Principal Supervisor High Energy Lasers and High Intensity Light-Matter Interactions Doctor of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Henry Duncan Rogers
2020 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Experimental and Numerical Optimisation of a SESAM Mode-locked Holmium Fibre Laser Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Alexandros Kolovinos
2018 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Operating Regimes and Automated Control of Holmium and Thulium Non-linear Polarisation Rotation Mode-locked Fibre Optic Lasers Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr David Michael McAfee
2017 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Investigation of Narrowband Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters for Semiconductor Laser Tuning Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Adam James Gambell

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