1. Science results papers:

• "An upper limit on the stochastic gravitational-wave background of cosmological origin," B.P. Abbott, et al. (The LIGO Scientific Collaboration & The Virgo Collaboration), Nature 460, 990-994 (2009).
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• "The Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 79, 022001/1-29 (2009).
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• "All-sky LIGO search for periodic gravitational waves in the early fifth-science-run data," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 111102/1-6 (2009).
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• "Search for gravitational waves from low mass binary coalescences in the first year of LIGO’s S5 data," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 79, 122001/1-14 (2009).
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• "Stacked search for gravitational waves from the 2006 SGR 1900+14 storm," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Astrophys. Jour. Lett. 701, L68-L74 (2009).
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• "Einstein@Home search for periodic gravitational waves in early S5 LIGO data," B.P. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 80, 042003/1-14 (2009).
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• "Observation of a kilogram-scale oscillator near its quantum ground state," B Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), New Journal of Physics 11, 073032/1-13 (2009).
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• "LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory," B.P. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Rep Prog. Phys. 72, 076901/1-25 (2009).
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• "All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 77, 022001/1-38 (2008).
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• "Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 77, 062002/1-13 (2008).
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• "Search for gravitational waves associated with 39 gamma-ray bursts using data from the second, third, and fourth LIGO runs," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 77, 062004/1-22 (2008).
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• "Search of S3 LIGO data for gravitational wave signals from spinning black hole and neutron star binary inspirals," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 78, 042002/1-19 (2008).
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• "A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO," L. Baggio, et al. (AURIGA collaboration) and B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Class. Quant. Grav. 25, 095004/1-25 (2008).
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• "Implications for the origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO observations," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), and K.C. Hurley, Astrophys. Jour. 681, 1419-1430 (2008).
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• "Beating the spin-down limit on gravitational wave emission from the Crab pulsar," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Astrophys. Jour. Lett. 683, L45-L49 (2008).
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• "Search for gravitational-wave bursts from soft gamma repeaters," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), S. Barthelmy, N. Gehrels, K.C. Hurley, and D. Palmer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 211102/1-6 (2008).
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• "First joint search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO and GEO600 data," B Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Class. Quant. Grav. 25, 245008/1-21 (2008).
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• "Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: Status and prospects," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), and F. Acernese, et al. (Virgo Collaboration) Class. Quant. Grav. 25, 114051/1-12 (2008).
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• "Searching for a stochastic background of gravitational waves with LIGO," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Astrophys. Jour. 659, 918-930 (2007).
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• "First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration and ALLEGRO Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 76, 022001-1-17 (2007).
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• "Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 76, 042001-1-17 (2007).
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• "Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806--20 hyperflare of December 27, 2004 using LIGO," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 76, 062003-1-12 (2007).
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• "Coherent searches for periodic gravitational waves from unknown isolated sources and Scorpius X-1: Results from the second LIGO science run," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 76, 082001-1-35 (2007).
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• "Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Class. Quant. Grav. 24, 5343-5369 (2007).
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• "Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 76, 082003-1-11 (2007).
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• "Search for gravitational waves froom binary black hole inspirals in LIGO data," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 73, 062001-1-17 (2006).
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• "Search for gravitational wave bursts in LIGO’s third science run," B Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Class. Quant. Grav. 23, S29-S39 (2006).
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• "Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration) and T. Akutsu, et al. (TAMA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 73, 102002-1-10 (2006).
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• "Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration) and T. Akutsu, et al. (TAMA Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 72, 122004-1-16 (2005).
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• "Upper limits on a stochastic background of gravitational waves," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 221101-1--6 (2005).
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• "First all-sky upper limits from LIGO on the strength of periodic gravitational waves using the Hough transform," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific     Collaboration), . Phys. Rev. D 72, 102004-1--22 (2005).
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• "Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys.  Rev. D 72, 082002-1--8 (2005).
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• "Search for gravitational waves from galactic and extra-galactic binary neutron stars," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 72,     082001-1--22 (2005).
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• "Upper limits on gravitational wave bursts in LIGO’s second science run," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 72, 062001-1--25    (2005).
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• "Search for gravitational waves associated with the gamma ray burst GRB030329 using the LIGO detectors," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. D 72, 042002-1--17 (2005).
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• "Limits on gravitational-wave emission from selected pulsars using LIGO data," B. Abbott, et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 181103 [1-6] (2005).
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• "Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves," B. Abbott, et al., Phys. Rev. D 69, 122004-1-24 (2004).
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• "First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational wave bursts," B. Abbott et al., Phys. Rev. D 69, 102001-1-21 (2004).
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• "Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars," B. Abbott, et al., Phys. Rev. D 69, 122001-1-16 (2004).
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• "Setting upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 using the first science data from the GEO 600 and LIGO detectors," B. Abbott et al., Phys. Rev. D 69, 082004-1-16 (2004).
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• "Detector description and performance for the first coincidence observations between LIGO and GEO," B. Abbott, et al., Nucl. Instrum. Methods A 517, 154-179 (2004).
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• "Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134," B. Allen et al. (LIGO Scientific Collaboration), Class. Quantum Grav. 21, S671-S676 (2004).
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2. Interferometer configurations:

• "Implementation of armlocking with a delay of 1 second in the presence of Doppler shifts," V. Wand, Y. Yu, S. Mitryk, D. Sweeney, A. Preston, D. Tanner, G. Mueller, J.I. Thorpe, and J. Livas, J. of Phys.: Conference Series 154, 012024/1-6 (2009).
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• "The LISA Benchtop Simulator at the University of Florida," R.J. Cruz, J.I. Thorpe, A. Preston, R. Delgadillo, M. Hartman, S. Mitryk, A. Worley, G. Boothe, S.R. Guntaka, S. Klimenko, D.B. Tanner and G. Mueller Class. Quant. Grav. 23, S751-S760 (2006).
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• "Phase effects in the diffraction of light: beyond the grating equation," Stacy Wise, V. Quetschke, A.J. Deshpande, G. Mueller, D.H. Reitze, D.B. Tanner, B.F. Whiting, Y. Chen, A. Tunnermann, E. Kley, and T. Clausnitzer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 013901-1--4 (2005).
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• "Linewidth-broadened Fabry-Perot cavities for future gravitational wave detectors," Stacy Wise, G. Mueller, D.H. Reitze, D.B. Tanner, and B.F. Whiting, Class. Quantum Grav. 21, S1031-S1036 (2004). (But see the paper above for a clarification!)
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• "Dual-recycled cavity-enhanced Michelson interferometer for gravitational-wave detection," Guido Mueller, Tom Delker, D.H. Reitze, and D.B. Tanner, Appl. Optics 42, 1257-1268 (2003).
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• "Sensing and control in dual recycling laser interferometer gravitational-wave detectors," K.A. Strain, G. M¨uller, T. Delker, D.H. Reitze, D.B. Tanner, J.E. Mason, P. Willems, D. Shaddock, Malcolm B. Gray, Conor Mow-Lowry, and D.E. McClelland, Appl. Optics 42, 1244-1256 (2003).
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• "Dynamic resonance of light in Fabry-Perot cavities," M. Rakhmanov, R.L. Savage, Jr., D.H. Reitze, and D.B. Tanner, Phys. Lett. A 305, 239-244 (2002).
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• "The Florida Control Scheme," G. Mueller, T. Delker, D. Reitze, and D.B. Tanner, in Proceedings of the XXXIVth Rencontres de Moriond: Gravitational Waves and Experimental Gravity, edited by J. Tr^an Thanh V^an, J. Dumarchez, S. Raynoud, C. Salomon, S. Thorsett, and J.Y. Vinet (World Publishers, Hanoi, 2000) pp. 177-182.

3. Input optics:

• "Adaptive beam shaping by controlled thermal lensing in optical elements," M.A. Arain, V. Quetschke, J. Gleason, L.F. Williams, M. Rakhmanov, J.H. Li, R. Cruz, G. Mueller, D.B. Tanner, and D.H. Reitze, Appl. Optics 46, 2153-2165 (2007).
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• "Adaptive control of laser modal properties," V. Quetschke, J. Gleason, M. Rakhmanov, J. Lee, L. Zhang, K. Yoshiki Franzen, C. Leidel, G. Mueller, R. Amin, D. B. Tanner, and D. H. Reitze, Opt. Lett. 31, 217--219 (2006).
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• "Compensation of thermally induced modal distortions in Faraday isolators," E. Khazanov, N.F. Andreev, A. Malshakov, O. Palashov, A.K. Poteomkin, A. Sergeev, A. Shaykin, V. Zelenogorsky, I.A. Ivanov, R. Amin, G. Mueller, D.B. Tanner, and D.H. Reitze, J. Quantum Elec. 40, 1500-1510, 2004.
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• "Elimination of thermally induced modal distortions in Faraday isolators for high power laser systems," E. Khazanov, N. Andreev, A. Malshakov, O. Palashov, A. Poteomkin, A. Sergeev, A. Shaykin, V. Zelenogorsky, R. Amin, G. Mueller, D.B. Tanner, and D.H. Reitze, Conference on Lasers and Electro- Optics (CLEO) 2, 924--925 (2004).
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• "Method for measuring very small optical absorption coefficients using a Shack-Hartmann wavefront detector," S. Yoshida, D.H. Reitze, D.B. Tanner, and Justin Mansell, Appl. Optics 42, 4835-4840 (2003).
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• "Method for compensation of thermally-induced modal distortions in the input optical components of gravitational wave interferometers," G. Mueller, R.S. Amin, D. Guagliardo, D. McFeron, R. Lundock, D.H. Reitze, and D.B. Tanner, Class. Quantum Grav. 19, 1793-1801 (2002).
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• "Recent development in the LIGO Input Optics," S. Yoshida, G. Mueller, T. Delker, Q. Shu, D.H. Reitze, D.B. Tanner, J. Camp, J. Heefner, B. Kells, N. Mavalvala, D. Ouimette, H. Rong, R. Adhikari, P. Fritschel, M. Zucker, and D. Sigg, in Gravitational Wave Detection II, edited by S. Kawamura and N. Mio (Universal Academy Press, Tokyo, 2000) pp. 51-59.
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• "Determination and Optimisation of Mode matching into Optical Cavities Using Heterodyne Detection," Guido Mueller, Qi-ze Shu, Rana Adhikari, D.B. Tanner, David Reitze, Daniel Sigg, Nergis Mavalvala, and Jordan Camp, Optics Lett. 25, 266-268 (2000).
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• "Investigation of self-induced depolarization of laser radiation in Terbium Gallium Garnet," E.A. Khazanov, O.V. Kulagin, S. Yoshida, D.B. Tanner, and D.H. Reitze, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 35, 1116-1122 (1999).
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• "High-power testing of optical components for LIGO," S.J. Yoshida, A.S. Gorlenko, D.B. Tanner, D.H. Reitze, J.D. Mansell, E.A. Khazanov, O.V. Kulagin, in ICONO '98: Quantum Optics, Interference Phenomena in Atomic Systems, and High-Precision Measurements, edited by A.V. Andreev, S.N. Bagayev, A.S. Chirkin, and V.I. Denisov (SPIE Vol. 3736, Bellingham, Washington, 1999) pp. 430-436.