US Patents
(sole author)

6,351,307 "Combined Dispersive/Interference Spectroscopy for Producing a Vector Spectrum", 2/26/02, (IL-10168)

6,115,121 "Single and Double Superimposing Interferometer Systems", 9/5/00, (IL-10000)

5,943,132 "Multichannel Heterodyning for Wideband Interferometry, Correlation and Signal Processing", 8/24/99, (IL-9998)

5,872,628 "Noise Pair Velocity and Range Echo Location System", 2/16/99, (IL-9864)

5,910,839 "White Light Velocity Interferometer", 1/8/99, (IL-9745B)

5,642,194 "White Light Velocity Interferometer", 6/24/97, (IL-9745)

Collected patents: "Techniques in Broadband Interferometry", D.J. Erskine, LLNL Reports #UCRL-TR-201695 (2003).

News Related Articles

"Search for planets yields shockwave breakthrough", Anne M. Stark & David Erskine, LLNL Newsline, Friday, November 21, 2003, November 2003, p3.

"Spectral Interferometry: Making the Doppler Planet Search Practical for Small Telescope Facilities", D. J. Erskine, Prime Focus: Tri Valley Stargazers, August 2002, p1-2.

"A White Light Speed Trap", Lars Lading and D. Erskine, Physics World, January 1996, p19-20.

"Physicist Erskine's Velocimeter Sees the White Light", Jon Bashor and D. J. Erskine, LLNL Newsline, September 29, 1995, p5.

"Device Measures Speed with White Light", R. Lipkin and D. J. Erskine, Science News, September 30, 1995, p215.

Doppler Planet Search and High Resolution Spectroscopy

"Externally Dispersed Interferometry for Planetary Studies", D. J. Erskine, J. Edelstein, D. Harbeck & J. Lloyd, in Tech. & Instr. for Detect. of Exoplanets (San Diego, Aug. 2005), Proc. SPIE, 5905 (2005).

"High Resolution Absorption Spectroscopy using Externally Dispersed Interferometry", J. Edelstein & D. J. Erskine, in UV, X-ray & Gamma Astr. Space Instr. (San Diego, Aug. 2005), Proc. SPIE, 5898 (2005).

"Interferometric Resolution Boosting for Spectrographs", D. J. Erskine and J. Edelstein, in Ground based Instrumentation for Astronomy (Glasgow, Scotland, UK, June 2004), Proc. SPIE 5492, 190-199 (2004).

"High Resolution Broadband Spectroscopy using an Externally Dispersed Interferometer", D.J. Erskine, J. Edelstein, M. Feuerstein and B. Welsh, Astr. Phys. Lett. 592, L103-L106 (2003).

“High-resolution Broadband Spectral Interferometry”, D.J. Erskine and J. Edelstein, in "Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation", ed. J. C. Blades, O. H. Siegmund, SPIE 4854, 158-169 (2003)

“Spectral Astrometry Mission for Planets Detection”, D.J. Erskine and J. Edelstein, in "Interferometry in Space", ed. M. Shao, SPIE 4852, 695-706 (2003)

"An Externally Dispersed Interferometer Prototype for Sensitive Radial Velocimetry: Theory and Demonstration on Sunlight", D.J. Erskine, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 115, 255-269 (2003).

"An Externally Dispersed Interferometer for Sensitive Doppler Extra-solar Planet Searches", J. Ge, D.J. Erskine and M. Rushford, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific 114, 1016-1028 (2002).

"Novel Interferometer Spectrometer for Sensitive Stellar Radial Velocimetry", D.J. Erskine and J. Ge, in "Imaging the Universe in Three Dimensions", Ast. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series 195, 501-507 (2000).

Techniques: Optics, Shock, and Solid-State Physics

"Heterodyning Time Resolution Boosting for Velocimetry and Reflectivity Measurements", D. J. Erskine, in High Speed Photography and Photonics, 26th International Congress on (Alexandria, VA, September 2004), SPIE 5580, 600-608

(2004).

"Techniques in Broadband Interferometry", D.J. Erskine, LLNL Reports #UCRL-TR-201695 (2003).

"Imaging White Light VISAR", D.J. Erskine and N.C. Holmes, Conference Proceedings of High-speed Photography, SPIE 2869, p1080-1083 (1997).

"White Light Velocimetry", D.J. Erskine and N.C. Holmes, Nature 377, 317-320 (1995).

"Increase in velocimeter depth of focus through astigmatism", D.J. Erskine, Rev. Sci. Instr. 66, 5373-5374 (1995).

"Differential Laser Interferometer Apparatus for Thermal Expansion Measurements", Koji Masuda, Dave Erskine, and Orson Anderson, Amer. Miner. 85, p279-282 (2000).

“Separating the Coherent and Incoherent Effects in Pump-Probe Type Experiments on Semiconductors and Other Saturable Absorbers”, A.F. Bello, D.J. Erskine, and H.B. Radousky, Rev. Sci. Instr. 67, 503-511 (1996).

“High Pass Filtering Extends the Dynamic Range for Recording Pulse Shapes”, D.J. Erskine, Rev. Sci. Instr. 66, 4703-4706, (1995).

"Improved Arrangement of Shock-detecting Pins in Shock Equation of State Experiments", D.J. Erskine, Rev. Sci. Instr. 66, 5032-5036 (1995).

"A Technique for High Pressure Electrical Conductivity Measurement in Diamond Anvil Cells at Cryogenic Temperatures", D.J. Erskine, P.Y. Yu, and G. Martinez. Rev. Sci. Instr. 58, 406-411 (1987).

"Equal-Pulse Correlation Technique for Measuring Femtosecond Excited State Relaxation Times", A.J. Taylor, D.J. Erskine and C.L. Tang., Appl. Phys. Lett. 43, 989-991 (1983).

Shock Physics Experiments

“Measuring Opacity of Shock Generated Argon Plasmas”, D. Erskine, B. Rozsnyai, and M. Ross, J. Quan. Spectrosc. Radiat. Trnsfr. 51, pp. 97-100 (1994).

“High Pressure Hugoniot of Sapphire”, D. Erskine, High-Pressure Science and Technology-1993, (Color. Sprs. AIRAPT meeting), ed. S. C. Schmidt et. al., (AIP Press, New York, 1994), pp. 141-143;

“Opacity Measurements in Shock Generated Argon Plasmas”, D. Erskine, High-Pressure Science and Technology-1993, (Color. Sprs. AIRAPT meeting), ed. S. C. Schmidt et al., (AIP Press, New York, 1994), pp. 125-128;

“Shock Wave-profile Study of Tuff from the Nevada Test Site”, D.J. Erskine and W.J. Nellis, J. Geophys. Res. 99, 15,529-15,537 (1994).

“Shock-induced Martensitic Transformation of Highly Oriented Graphite to Diamond”, D. Erskine and William Nellis, J. Appl. Phys. 71 No. 10, 4882-4886 (1992).

"Shock-Induced Martensitic Phase Transformation of Oriented Graphite to Diamond", D.J. Erskine and W.J. Nellis, Nature 349, 317-319 (1991).

“Shock-induced Martensitic Transformation of Highly Ordered Graphite”, D.J. Erskine and W.J. Nellis, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-1991 , (Proceedings of the APS Topical Conference, Williamsburg, VA) , ed. S. C. Schmidt et al., (North Holland, Amsterdam, 1991), pp. 185-186;

“Electronic Energy Gap of Molecular Hydrogen from Electrical Conductivity Measurements at High Shock Pressures”, W.J. Nellis, A.C. Mitchell, P.C. McCandless, D.J. Erskine and S. Weir, Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 2937-2940 (1992).

“Equation of State of Shock-compressed Liquids: Carbon Dioxide and Air”, W.J. Nellis, A.C. Mitchell, F.H. Ree, M. Ross, N.C. Holmes, R.J. Trainor, and D.J. Erskine, J. Chem. Phys. 95 (7), 5268-5272 (1991).

"Energy Gap of Molecular Hydrogen from Electrical Conductivity Measurements", W.J. Nellis, A.C. Mitchell, D.J. Erskine, P.C. McCandless, and S.T. Weir, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter-1991 , (Williamsburg APS Topical Conference) , ed. S. C. Schmidt et al., (North Holland, Amsterdam, 1991), pp. 111-112

"Calculation of the Refractive Index Change in Dissociating Shocked Benzene", D. Erskine, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, (APS Topical Conf., Albuquerque), Ed. S.C. Schmidt et al., (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1990), pp. 883-886;

"Equation of State Data of Shock Compressed Liquid CO2 and Synthetic Uranus", A.C. Mitchell, W.J. Nellis, N.C. Holmes, D.J. Erskine, P.McCandless, D. Ravizza and L. Cassidy, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, (APS Topical Conf., Albuquerque), Ed. S.C. Schmidt et al., (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1990), p. 95;

"Reaction Zone Structure in Supracompressed Detonating Explosives", L. Green, C.M. Tarver, D.J. Erskine, Proceedings of 9th Symposium on Detonation, Portland Sept. 1989. .

"VISAR Wave Profile Measurements in Supra-Compressed HE", D.J. Erskine, L. Green and C. M. Tarver, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter - 1989, (APS Topical Conf., Albuquerque), Ed. S.C. Schmidt et al., (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1990), pp. 717-720

Diamond Anvil Cell and Superconductivity

"Metallic Properties of Orthorhombic High Pressure Phase of GaAs: Theory & Experiment", S.B. Zhang, D.J. Erskine, M.L. Cohen, and P.Y. Yu, Solid State Communications 71, 369-373 (1989).

"High Pressure Visible Spectroscopy of PolyImide Film", D.J. Erskine, Peter Y. Yu and Steven Freilich, Jrnl. Polym. Sci. Part C: Polym. Letts. 26, 465-468 (1988).

"Stability of the Lattice: Electron-Phonon Interaction and Superconductivity in Hexagonal Si", D.J. Erskine, P.Y. Yu, K.J. Chang, and M.L. Cohen, in Proc. 18th Intl. Conf. Phys. Semiconductors., Vol. 2, ed. O.Engstrom (World Scientific, Singapore) p1 (1987).

"Pressure Dependence of the Superconducting Transition Temperature in LaSrCuO to 8 GPa", D. Erskine, E. Hess, P.Y. Yu and A. Stacy, Jrnl. of Materials Research 2, No.6, p.783, Nov-Dec 1987.

"Electrical Properties of High Tc Superconductors Under High Pressures", D.J. Erskine, E. Hess, P.Y. Yu, A.M. Stacy, A. Zettl and M.L. Cohen. Int. Workshop on Novel Mechanisms of Supercond., Berkeley, June 22-26 (1987).

"Superconductivity and Phase Transitions in Compressed Si to 45 GPa", D.J. Erskine, P.Y. Yu, K.J. Chang, and M. Cohen., Phys. Rev. Lett. 57, 2741-2744 (1986).

"Dependence of Superconducting Transition Temperature on Pressure in the Primitive Hexagonal Phase of Si", D.J. Erskine and P.Y. Yu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 2770-2770 (1986).

Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy and Semiconductor Physics

“Femtosecond Probe-Probe Transmission Studies of LT-grown GaAs Near the Band Edge”, H.B. Radousky, A.F. Bello, D.J. Erskine, L.N. Dinh, M.J. Bennahmias, M.D. Perry, T.R. Ditmire and R.P. Mariella Jr., Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 325, 389 (1994).

"Dynamic Burstein-Moss shift in GaAs and GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple Quantum Well Structures", D. J. Erskine, A.J. Taylor, and C.L. Tang., Applied Physics Letters 45, 1209-1211 (1984).

"Femtosecond Studies of Intraband Relaxation in GaAs, AlGaAs, and GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple Quantum Well Structures", D.J. Erskine, A.J. Taylor and C.L. Tang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 45, 54-56 (1984).

"Ultrafast Relaxation Dynamics of Phtotexcited Carriers in GaAs and Related Compounds", A.J. Taylor, D.J. Erskine and C.L. Tang, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 2, 663-673 (1984).

"Femtosecond Study of the Recovery Dynamics of Malachite Green in Solution", D.J. Erskine, A.J. Taylor, and C.L. Tang., J. Chem. Phys. 80, 5338-5339 (1984).

"Femtosecond Vibrational Relaxation of Large Organic Molecules", A.J. Taylor, D.J. Erskine, and C.L. Tang., Chem. Phys. Lett. 103, 430-435 (1984).

"Femtosecond Relaxation of Photoexcited Nonequilibrium Carriers in AlGaAs", C.L. Tang and D.J. Erskine, Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 840-843 (1983).

"Nonlinear Luminescence and Time-Resolved Diffusion Profiles of Photoexcited Carriers in Semiconductors", A. Olsson, D.J. Erskine, Z.Y.Xu, A. Schremer and C.L.Tang, Appl. Phys. Lett. 41, 659-661 (1982).

"Application of a 2-Wavelength Picosecond Laser to Semiconductors", N. J. Frigo, H. Mahr and D. J. Erskine. Jrnl. Quant. Elect. 18, 192-198 (1982).

Dave's First Publication

"Heat Transfer to Curved Surfaces from Heat Generating Pools", J. Gabor, L. Baker, J. Cassulo, D.J. Erskine and J. Warner, J. Heat Transfer-Transactions of ASME 102, 519-524 (1980).