Contact Dr Jonathan Mark Hallam
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758348
- Email: Jonathan.Hallam@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @hallam_jon
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Sensor Technologies
Background
Expert in Advanced Optics
PhD in Diffractive Optics for Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detection. Undertaken as part of the LIGO collaboration at the University of Birmingham under the supervision of Professor Andreas Freise. Congratulations to my colleagues on their September 2015 first-observation of Gravitational Waves!
Post-Doctoral work at the Space Research Centre and Department of Engineering, University of Leicester:
Broad Band Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectrometry (for atmospheric trace gas detection, with a focus on NO2).
Confocal Microscopy for high-speed bio-imaging applications using solar-exploration derived capacitive micro-channel plate detector.
Diamond dynode film analysis using surface science techniques including Stimulated Electron Emission, Scanning Electron Microscopy and Raman Spectroscopy.
Airline Alerts project monitoring and modelling high-frequency transpolar radio communication through the ionosphere, maintaining international radio-sounding array and using high-performance cluster computing system.
Current activities
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) systems
Micro-particle detection
Micro-fluidic flow tracking
3D printing: www.thingiverse.com/hallam_jon
Clients
Clients, Collaborators and Funding Agencies:
ESPRC
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Natural Resources Canada
Solarmetrics Ltd
Atomic Weapons Establishment
Photek Ltd
LIGO
STFC
Centre for Engineering Photonics
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Qin J, Vives J, Raja P, Lasisi S, Wang C, .... (2023). Automated Interlayer Wall Height Compensation for Wire Based Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing. Sensors, 23(20)
- Francis D, Hallam JM & Tatam RP. (2023). Low-coherence and broadband confocal refractometry: reducing the measurement time. Measurement Science and Technology, 34(12)
- Hallam JM, Kissinger T, Charrett TOH & Tatam RP. (2022). In-process range-resolved interferometric (RRI) 3D layer height measurements for wire + arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Measurement Science and Technology, 33(4)
- Hallam JM, Rigas E, Charrett TOH & Tatam RP. (2020). 2D Spatially-Resolved Depth-Section Microfluidic Flow Velocimetry Using Dual Beam OCT. Micromachines, 11(4)
- Ford HD, Francis D, Hallam JM & Tatam RP. (2019). Influence of aberrations on confocal-based remote refractive index measurements. Applied Optics, 58(24)
- Rigas E, Hallam JM, Charrett TOH, Ford HD & Tatam RP. (2019). Metre-per-second microfluidic flow velocimetry with dual beam optical coherence tomography. Optics Express, 27(17)
- Warrington EM, Stocker AJ, Siddle DR, Hallam J, Al‐Behadili HAH, .... (2016). Near real‐time input to a propagation model for nowcasting of HF communications with aircraft on polar routes. Radio Science, 51(7)
- Aasi J, Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, .... (2013). Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown in LIGO-Virgo data from 2009–2010. Physical Review D, 87(2)
- Aasi J, Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, .... (2013). Parameter estimation for compact binary coalescence signals with the first generation gravitational-wave detector network. Physical Review D, 88(6)
- Aasi J, Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, .... (2013). Einstein@Home all-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S5 data. Physical Review D, 87(4)
- Adrián-Martínez S, Samarai IA, Albert A, André M, Anghinolfi M, .... (2013). A first search for coincident gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2013(06)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2012). Erratum: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown [Phys. Rev. D83, 122005 (2011)]. Physical Review D, 86(6)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Accadia T, Acernese F, .... (2012). Publisher’s Note: All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run [Phys. Rev. D81, 102001 (2010)]. Physical Review D, 85(8)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2012). Publisher’s Note: Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown [Phys. Rev. D83, 122005 (2011)]. Physical Review D, 85(8)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2012). Publisher’s Note: Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1 [Phys. Rev. D82, 102001 (2010)]. Physical Review D, 85(8)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, .... (2012). Publisher’s Note: Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar [Phys. Rev. D83, 042001 (2011)]. Physical Review D, 85(8)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott TD, Abbott R, Abernathy M, .... (2012). IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN OF GRB 051103 FROM LIGO OBSERVATIONS. The Astrophysical Journal, 755(1)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2012). Implementation and testing of the first prompt search for gravitational wave transients with electromagnetic counterparts. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 539
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2012). Upper limits on a stochastic gravitational-wave background using LIGO and Virgo interferometers at 600–1000 Hz. Physical Review D, 85(12)
- Evans PA, Fridriksson JK, Gehrels N, Homan J, Osborne JP, .... (2012). SWIFT FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS OF CANDIDATE GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE TRANSIENT EVENTS. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 203(2)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2012). SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DURING LIGO SCIENCE RUN 6 AND VIRGO SCIENCE RUNS 2 AND 3. The Astrophysical Journal, 760(1)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2012). All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the second joint LIGO-Virgo run. Physical Review D, 85(12)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2012). Search for gravitational waves from intermediate mass binary black holes. Physical Review D, 85(10)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2012). All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in the full S5 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 85(2)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2012). First low-latency LIGO+Virgo search for binary inspirals and their electromagnetic counterparts. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 541
- Aasi J, Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, .... (2012). The characterization of Virgo data and its impact on gravitational-wave searches. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 29(15)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (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, 85(8)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2011). Directional Limits on Persistent Gravitational Waves Using LIGO S5 Science Data. Physical Review Letters, 107(27)
- Barr BW, Edgar MP, Nelson J, Plissi MV, Huttner SH, .... (2011). Translational, rotational, and vibrational coupling into phase in diffractively coupled optical cavities. Optics Letters, 36(14)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, .... (2011). Publisher’s Note: Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar [Phys. Rev. D83, 042001 (2011)]. Physical Review D, 83(6)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, .... (2011). Search for gravitational waves associated with the August 2006 timing glitch of the Vela pulsar. Physical Review D, 83(4)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2011). BEATING THE SPIN-DOWN LIMIT ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EMISSION FROM THE VELA PULSAR. The Astrophysical Journal, 737(2)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2011). Search for gravitational waves from binary black hole inspiral, merger, and ringdown. Physical Review D, 83(12)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2011). SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE BURSTS FROM SIX MAGNETARS. The Astrophysical Journal, 734(2)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abbott TD, Abernathy M, .... (2011). A gravitational wave observatory operating beyond the quantum shot-noise limit. Nature Physics, 7(12)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Accadia T, Acernese F, .... (2010). SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE INSPIRAL SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DURING LIGO'S FIFTH AND VIRGO'S FIRST SCIENCE RUN. The Astrophysical Journal, 715(2)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Adams C, .... (2010). FIRST SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM THE YOUNGEST KNOWN NEUTRON STAR. The Astrophysical Journal, 722(2)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Adams C, .... (2010). Calibration of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors in the fifth science run. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 624(1)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2010). Predictions for the rates of compact binary coalescences observable by ground-based gravitational-wave detectors. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 27(17)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Acernese F, Adhikari R, Ajith P, .... (2010). SEARCHES FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM KNOWN PULSARS WITH SCIENCE RUN 5 LIGO DATA. The Astrophysical Journal, 713(1)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Acernese F, Adhikari R, Ajith P, .... (2010). SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE BURSTS ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS USING DATA FROM LIGO SCIENCE RUN 5 AND VIRGO SCIENCE RUN 1. The Astrophysical Journal, 715(2)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Abernathy M, Accadia T, .... (2010). Search for gravitational waves from compact binary coalescence in LIGO and Virgo data from S5 and VSR1. Physical Review D, 82(10)
- Abadie J, Abbott BP, Abbott R, Accadia T, Acernese F, .... (2010). All-sky search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first joint LIGO-GEO-Virgo run. Physical Review D, 81(10)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Acernese F, Adhikari R, Ajith P, .... (2009). An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin. Nature, 460(7258)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). All-Sky LIGO Search for Periodic Gravitational Waves in the Early Fifth-Science-Run Data. Physical Review Letters, 102(11)
- Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). ERRATUM: “BEATING THE SPIN-DOWN LIMIT ON GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EMISSION FROM THE CRAB PULSAR” (2008, ApJ, 683, L45). The Astrophysical Journal, 706(1)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Search for gravitational-wave bursts in the first year of the fifth LIGO science run. Physical Review D, 80(10)
- Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data. Physical Review D, 79(2)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Search for high frequency gravitational-wave bursts in the first calendar year of LIGO’s fifth science run. Physical Review D, 80(10)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Search for gravitational wave ringdowns from perturbed black holes in LIGO S4 data. Physical Review D, 80(6)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). LIGO: the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. Reports on Progress in Physics, 72(7)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). First LIGO search for gravitational wave bursts from cosmic (super)strings. Physical Review D, 80(6)
- Hallam J, Chelkowski S, Freise A, Hild S, Barr B, .... (2009). Coupling of lateral grating displacement to the output ports of a diffractive Fabry–Perot cavity. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 11(8)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Search for gravitational waves from low mass compact binary coalescence in 186 days of LIGO’s fifth science run. Physical Review D, 80(4)
- Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state. New Journal of Physics, 11(7)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO’s S5 data. Physical Review D, 79(12)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). STACKED SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES FROM THE 2006 SGR 1900+14 STORM. The Astrophysical Journal, 701(2)
- Abbott BP, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2009). Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data. Physical Review D, 80(4)
- Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2008). Search for Gravitational-Wave Bursts from Soft Gamma Repeaters. Physical Review Letters, 101(21)
- Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2008). Beating the Spin-Down Limit on Gravitational Wave Emission from the Crab Pulsar. The Astrophysical Journal, 683(1)
- Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2008). First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO 600 data. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 25(24)
- Hallam S, Rogers L, Rhamie J, Shaw J, Rees E, .... (2007). Pupils' perceptions of an alternative curriculum: Skill Force. Research Papers in Education, 22(1)
Conference Papers
- Francis D, Ford HD, Hallam JM & Tatam RP. (2019). The use of parabolic mirrors in combined low-coherence and confocal refractive index measurement
- Hallam JM, Rigas E, Ford HD, Charrett T & Tatam RP. (2018). Dual sensing-light-sheet OCT for microfluidic PTV
- Rigas E, Hallam JM, Ford HD, Charrett TOH & Tatam RP. (2018). Dual-channel OCT for Velocity Measurement in Microfluidic Channels
- Warrington EM, Stocker AJ, Siddle DR, Hallam J, Zaalov NY, .... (2015). Near real-time input to an HF propagation model for nowcasting of HF communications with aircraft on polar routes
- Sathyaprakash B, Abernathy M, Acernese F, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2012). Scientific objectives of Einstein Telescope
- Hallam J, Chelkowski S, Freise A, Barr BW, Hild S, .... (2010). Lateral input-optic displacement in a diffractive Fabry-Perot cavity
- Abbott B, Abbott R, Adhikari R, Ajith P, Allen B, .... (2008). Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects