Rate My Professor Jason Fleischer

Fleischer's research focuses on nonlinear optics and photonics, including soliton dynamics, statistical and condensed-matter physics, biomedical imaging, and computational imaging techniques. His group investigates universal propagation problems in wave systems, utilizing optical platforms for precise control of inputs and direct visualization of outputs. He has been recognized with several prestigious awards, such as the 2012 Fellow of the Optical Society of America, the 2008 Department of Energy Plasma Physics Junior Faculty Award, the 2007 Emerson Electric Company Lawrence Keys '51 Faculty Advancement Award, the Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowship (2001-2004), the University of California Regents Fellowship (1994-1999), and the General Atomics Plasma Fellowship (1994-1999).

Key publications include “Observation of two-dimensional discrete solitons in optically induced nonlinear photonic lattices” (Nature, 2003), “Observation of discrete solitons in optically induced real time waveguide arrays” (Physical Review Letters, 2003), “Observation of vortex-ring ‘discrete’ solitons in 2D photonic lattices” (Physical Review Letters, 2004), “Observation of the kinetic condensation of classical waves” (Nature Physics, 2012), “Wrinkles and deep folds as photonic structures in photovoltaics” (Nature Photonics, 2012), and “Nonlinear self-filtering of noisy images via dynamical stochastic resonance” (Nature Photonics, 2010).