Ravi Bhardwaj

Ravi Bhardwaj is a Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Science. His research focuses on ultrafast optical processes, attosecond science, and laser-based materials engineering. He specializes in the interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with matter, with applications in nanostructuring, microfluidics, and optical data storage.

His research interests include experimental photonics, ultrafast photonics, and the physics of strong laser fields. Key areas of exploration involve multi-electron dynamics in complex systems, attosecond pulse generation, and laser-fabricated nanostructures. Applied efforts target advanced materials processing and optical component development.

Recent work emphasizes nonlinear optical phenomena in chiral and achiral systems, terahertz responses in crystalline materials, and high-harmonic generation spectroscopy. He has pioneered techniques for femtosecond laser-induced nanostructuring in polymers and silicon, with implications for biomedical devices and photonics.

His research also explores the chiral sensitivity of high-harmonic generation and the dynamics of molecular ionization under strong laser fields. These studies bridge fundamental quantum optics and applied material science, with innovations in optical data storage and laser-based fabrication techniques.