Professor Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop


Contact Information:


Department of Physics
The University of Queensland, Qld 4072,
Australia
Tel:    + 61 - (0)7 - 3365 3139
Fax:    + 61 - (0)7 - 3365 1242
Email:  halina@physics.uq.edu.au
URL:    http://www.physics.uq.edu.au


Research Interests:


       Atomic physics, linear and non-linear high resolution laser spectroscopy
       Laser-based methods for superorbital flow diagnostics
       Laser micromanipulation
       Laser cooling and trapping


Links


Laser Physics Group
Science in Action


Recent Publications:


Laser Beams with Phase Singularities. N.R. Heckenberg, R.G. McDuff, C.P.
Smith, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and M.J. Wegener, Optical and Quantum
Electronics , 24, 5951, (1992).

Detection of Trace Amounts of Cr by Two Laser-Based Spectroscopic Techniques
- Laser Enhanced Ionization (LEI) in Flames and Laser Induced Fluorescence
in Graphite Furnace (LIF-GF), Ove Axner and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Appl.
Opt. 32, 867 (1993). 

Measurement of the Optical Force and Trapping Range of a Single-Beam
Gradient Optical Trap for Micron-Sized Latex Spheres, C. D'Helon, E.W.
Dearden, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N.R. Heckenberg, J. Mod. Optics, 41, 595 (1994).

Optical Particle Trapping with High Order Doughnut  Beams Produced Using
High Efficiency Computer Generated Holograms., H. He, N.R. Heckenberg, H.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, J.Mod. Optics 41, 217 (1995).

Resonant Degenerate Four Wave Mixing in I2: Effect of Buffer Gas Pressure.,
P. Barker, A. Thomas, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, O.Axner, N. Chekalin. Applied
Optics, 34, 3281 (1995).

Direct Observation of Tranfer of Angular Momentum to Absorptive Particles
from a Laser Beam with a Phase Singularity,. H. He, M. E. J. Friese, N.R.
Heckenberg, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 826, (1995).

Laser Tweezers., H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg, M. E. J. Friese,
Australian Optical Society News, July (No: 233066/0021), 2, (1995).

Velocity Measurements by Flow Tagging Employing Laser Enhanced Ionisation
and Laser Induced Fluorescence., P. Barker, A. Thomas, P. Ljungberg, H.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Spectrochim. Acta B 50, 1301, (1995). 

Transfer of Angular Momentum to Absorbing Particles from Laser Beam with
Phase Singularity., M.E.J.Friese, H. He, N.R. Heckenberg, H.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, SPIE journal, Laser Optics '96 Nonlinear dynamics in
Lasers, Vol. 2792, 190, (1996).

Determination of the Force Constant of a Single-Beam Gradient Trap by
Measurement of Backscattered Light., M.E.J. Friese, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop,
N.R. Heckenberg and E.W. Dearden, Applied Optics, 35, 7112 (1996).

Visualization and Analysis of Bow Shocks in a Superorbital Expansion Tube,
M. Wegener, T. McIntyre, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, A. Bishop, R.J. Stalker and
R. Morgan, AIAA Journal 34, 2200 (1996).

Optical angular momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles., M.E.J.
Friese, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N.R. Heckenberg, and J. Enger, Phys. Rev.
A 54, 1593 (1996).

Supersonic velocimetry in Shock Tube using Laser Enhanced Ionisation and
Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence., P. Barker, A. Bishop, H.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Appl. Phys. B64, 369-376, 1997.

Fundamental Mechanisms of Laser-Enhanced Ionization - The Production of
Ions. O. Axner and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop. Chapter 1 in "Laser Enhanced
Ionization Spectroscopy", John Wiley & Sons, Chemical Analysis Series, Vol.
136, ISBN 0-471-57684-0, 1996. Editors J.C. Travis and G.C. Turk.

Measurements on neutral atoms diffusion and electron-ion recombination by
laser enhanced ionisation and planar laser induced fluorescence in an
air-acetylene flame. Peter Barker, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Spectrochim.
Acta B52, 459-469 (1997). 

Optical Trapping of Absorbing Particles, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, T.A.
Nieminen, M.E.J. Friese, N.R. Heckenberg, invited review, accepted for
publication in Advances in Quantum Chemistry, November, 1996.

Laser Diagnostics in Aerospace Research, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, T.J.
McIntyre, P. Barker, A. Thomas, M. Wegener and A. Bishop, AOS News 10, 13,
December 1996.

Holographic interferometry in a superorbital expansion tube, M. Wegener, A.
Bishop, T. McIntyre and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, submitted to Experiments in
Fluids, June, 1997.

Emission and Holographic Interferometry Measurements in a Supersonic
Expansion Tube. T.J. McIntyre, A. Thomas, A. Bishop, M.J. Wegener, H.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, submitted to AIAA Journal, February 1997.

Simultaneous two-wavelength holographic interferometry in a super-orbital
expansion tube facility. T.J. McIntyre, M.J. Wegener, A. Bishop,
H.Rubinsztein-Dunlop, accepted for publication in Appl. Opt., May 1997.

Velocimetry and thermometry of supersonic flow around a cylindrical body, P.
Barker, A. Thomas, T. McIntyre and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, submitted to AIAA
Journal, February 1997.

Infrared Seeded Parametric Four-Wave Mixing for Sensitive Detection of
Molecules. Mark J. Fernee, Peter F. Barker, Alan E.W. Knight and Halina
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol. 79, 2046 (1997).

Short term spatial diffusion in s+ - s- optical molasses, A. Truscott, D.
Baleva, N.R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, submitted to Optics
Comm.,  April 1997.

Controlled optical torque by elliptical polarisation. M.E.J. Friese, T.A.
Nieminen, N.R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Optics
Lett. accepted for publication.

Sensitive Detection of Sodium in a Flame using Parametric Four-Wave Mixing
and Seeded Parametric Four-Wave Mixing. Mark J. Fernee, Peter F. Barker,
Alan E.W. Knight, Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A,
September 1997.

Sensitive Detection of Nitric Oxide using Seeded Parametric Four Wave
Mixing, M.J. Fernee, P.F. Barker, A.E.W. Knight, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop,
submitted to Journal of Chem. Phys., October 1997.

Short term spatial diffusion in s+ - s- optical molasses, A. Truscott,
D. Baleva, N.R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop,
Optics Comm., accepted for publication, September 1997

Sensitive detection of Nitric Oxide in a flame using infrared seeded
parametric four-wave mixing, Mark J. Fernee, Peter F. Barker, Halina
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Alan E.W. Knight, submitted to Optics Lett., November
1997.



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