Jared Wahlstrand (Fed)

Jared Wahlstrand is a Physicist in the Nanoscale Spectroscopy Group working on nonlinear optical spectroscopy, metrology, and applications. He uses optical spectroscopy techniques based on nonlinear optics, such as multidimensional coherent spectroscopy, to further understanding of light-matter interaction in semiconductor materials. He develops techniques based on phase-sensitive pump-probe spectroscopy for precise measurement of the wavelength-dependent nonlinear susceptibility in materials used in integrated optics devices. He is also developing techniques for thermal metrology within materials by using nonlinear absorption to deposit heat.

Wahlstrand has a diverse background in nonlinear optics. He worked on impulsive stimulated Raman scattering as a graduate student at the University of Michigan. As a postdoc at JILA/University of Colorado, he studied bichromatic coherent control and multiphoton electroabsorption. As a research scientist at the University of Maryland, he investigated fundamental and applied nonlinear optics in gases, including precise time-resolved measurements of the nonlinear refractive index and studies of phenomena that impact the propagation of ultrashort pulses in the atmosphere, such as laser-driven thermal and acoustic effects and spatiotemporal optical vortices.