Jared K. Wahlstrand

Research Associate, JILA/University of Colorado, Cundiff group

Research interests

Coherent control of lattice motion and carrier dynamics in semiconductors and other solids, phonon polaritons, ultrafast X-ray scattering, femtosecond frequency combs.

Publications

• "Thermal transport in a semiconductor heterostructure measured by time-resolved x-ray diffraction" Y. M. Sheu, S. H. Lee, J. K. Wahlstrand, D. A. Walko, E. C. Landahl, D. A. Arms, M. Reason, R. S. Goldman, and D. A. Reis, Phys. Rev. B 78, 045317 (2008).
• "Optical Frequency Metrology of an Iodine-Stabilized He-Ne Laser Using the Frequency Comb of a Quantum-Interference-Stabilized Mode-Locked Laser." R. P. Smith, P. A. Roos, J. K. Wahlstrand, J. A. Pipis, M. Belmonte Rivas, and S. T. Cundiff, Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 112, 289-296 (2007).
• "Quantitative measurement of timing and phase dynamics in a mode-locked laser." J. K. Wahlstrand, J. T. Willits, T. R. Schibli, C. R. Menyuk, and S. T. Cundiff, Opt. Lett. 32, 3426-3429 (2007).
• "Generation and remote detection of THz sound using semiconductor superlattices." M. Trigo, T. A. Eckhause, J. K. Wahlstrand, R. Merlin, M. Reason, and R. S. Goldman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 023115 (2007).
• "Pulse dynamics in mode-locked lasers: Relaxation oscillations and frequency pulling." C. R. Menyuk, J. K. Wahlstrand, J. Willits, R. P. Smith, T. R. Schibli, and S. T. Cundiff, Opt. Express 15, 6677-6689 (2007).
• "Electrical measurement of carrier population modulation by two-color coherent control." J. K. Wahlstrand, J. A. Pipis, P. A. Roos, S. T. Cundiff, and R. P. Smith, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 241115 (2006).
• "Effect of lattice anharmonicity on high-amplitude phonon dynamics in photoexcited bismuth." E. D. Murray, D. M. Fritz, J. K. Wahlstrand, S. Fahy, and D. A. Reis, Phys. Rev. B 72, 060301 (2005).
• "Impulsive stimulated Raman scattering: Comparison between phase-sensitive and spectrally-filtered techniques." J. K. Wahlstrand, R. Merlin, X. Li, S. T. Cundiff, and O. E. Martinez, Opt. Lett. 30, 926-928 (2005).
• "Cherenkov radiation emitted by ultrafast laser pulses and the generation of coherent polaritons." J. K. Wahlstrand and R. Merlin, Phys. Rev. B 68, 054301 (2003).
• "Coherent polaritons and Cherenkov radiation." J. K. Wahlstrand, T. E. Stevens, J. Kuhl, and R. Merlin, Physica B 316-317, 55-61 (2002).
• "Coherent control of pulsed X-ray beams." M. F. DeCamp, D. A. Reis, P. H. Bucksbaum, B. Adams, J. M. Caraher, R. Clarke, C. W. S. Conover, E. M. Dufresne, R. Merlin, V. Stoica, and J. K. Wahlstrand, Nature 413, 825-828 (2001).
• "Cherenkov radiation at speeds below the light threshold: phonon-assisted phase matching." T. E. Stevens, J. K. Wahlstrand, J. Kuhl, and R. Merlin, Science 291, 627-630 (2001).

Invited Publications

• "Impulsive excitation of cyclotron oscillations in a two-dimensional electron gas." J. K. Wahlstrand, P. Jacobs, J. M. Bao, R. Merlin, K. W. West and L. N. Pfeiffer, Solid State Communications 135, 574-578 (2005). For a special issue honoring Eli Burstein.
• "Impulsive stimulated Raman scattering by phonon polaritons and the Cherenkov effect." J. K. Wahlstrand and R. Merlin, Indian J. Phys., 77B(1), 101-111 (2003). For a special issue commemorating the 75th anniversary of the discovery of the Raman effect.