NASA Postdoctoral Program - Interband Cascade Optical Frequency Comb Spectroscopy of C-H Bonds

The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA's missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology. This specific opportunity focuses on the development of a new generation of mid-infrared optical frequency combs and mode-locked lasers for future Earth and planetary science missions. The postdoctoral researcher will work on different aspects of this new development including design of interband cascade lasers, device microfabrication, test and characterization, and integration into a dual frequency comb spectroscopy instrument. The position is located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, under the advisement of Dr. Mahmood Bagheri. Applicants should have a recent Ph.D. in electrical engineering or a closely related field, with experience in semiconductor laser devices modeling, fabrication, and laser spectroscopy being highly desirable.