14th September 07

Ring Laser Group gets NZ$750000 over three years from the Marsden Fund

The ring laser group has been awarded NZ$750K over three years to fund the development of solid state ring laser gyroscopes. The work is to be performed in collaboration with Prof Ulli Schreiber from Germany and Clive Rowe (a former ring laser group member). This new initiative will be housed in a purpose built laboratory in the Ernest Rutherford building on the main campus. The funding includes monies for both the appointment of a new post-doctoral researcher and a PhD student.

17th August 07

Site domain name changed

This website is now available at www.ringlaser.org.nz Please update your bookmarks.

06th July 07

Super frame dragging paper submitted

The final revision of the super frame dragging paper has now been submitted to Physica C. A preprint is available in the publications section of this web site.

05th July 07

Prof Francis Everitt Visits

Prof Francis Everitt of Stanford University, the principle investigator for the Gravity Probe B mission has visited us. He enjoyed tour of the cave and presented a talk as part of the science prestige lecture series.

04th July 07

UG-2 Now Lasing

Following a gas change, operation has been restored on the UG-2 laser.

18th June 07

G-0 Now Lasing

Initial realignment of G-0 has been been successful and G-0 is now lasing with the new 16 m radius of curvature mirrors.

14th May 07

New ring laser project web site live

Thanks to a workaround, this web site is now available to the outside world.