Shaddock, Daniel2015-12-102015-12-100264-9381http://hdl.handle.net/1885/57467The laser interferometer space antenna will be the first space-based laser interferometric gravitational wave detector. This paper provides a brief introduction to the LISA mission and science goals, highlighting the differences from ground-based detectors. A tutorial of the LISA measurement concept is presented focusing on the LISA interferometry with a summary of laser frequency noise cancellation and clock noise removal schemes.200810.1088/0264-9381/25/11/1140122015-12-09