Prof. Michael C. Downer Profile

Prof. Michael C. Downer

at Univ of Texas at Austin

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Chair | Author

Publications (10)

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | December 4, 2003

Optical second-harmonic generation from silicon nanocrystals

Proc. SPIE. 5223, Physical Chemistry of Interfaces and Nanomaterials II

KEYWORDS: Second-harmonic generation, Polarization, Nanoparticles, Glasses, Spectroscopy, Interfaces, Silicon, Signal generators, Nanocrystals, Signal detection

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | March 15, 1999

Size effects in second harmonic generation from Si(001)-SiO2 interface: microscopic interface effects and optical Casimir nonlocality

Proc. SPIE. 3734, ICONO '98: Fundamental Aspects of Laser-Matter Interaction and New Nonlinear Optical Materials and Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures

KEYWORDS: Oxides, Refractive index, Second-harmonic generation, Chemical species, Dielectrics, Interfaces, Silicon, Solids, Harmonic generation, Electromagnetism

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | April 30, 1998

New directions in surface spectroscopy enabled by ultrafast lasers

Proc. SPIE. 3272, Laser Techniques for Surface Science III

KEYWORDS: Second-harmonic generation, Femtosecond phenomena, Polarization, Spectroscopy, Interfaces, Silicon, Hydrogen, Ultrafast lasers, Harmonic generation, Spectroscopes

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | April 12, 1996

Atoms in a superstrong laser field: towards subfemtosecond XUV sources

Proc. SPIE. 2770, Laser Optics '95 and ICONO '95: Superintense Laser Fields

KEYWORDS: Femtosecond phenomena, Polarization, Chemical species, Gases, Laser applications, Wave propagation, Ionization, Extreme ultraviolet, High harmonic generation, Pulsed laser operation

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | September 14, 1994

Ex-situ and in-situ probing of Column IV interfaces using optical second harmonic generation

Proc. SPIE. 2337, Optical Characterization Techniques for High-Performance Microelectronic Device Manufacturing

KEYWORDS: Oxides, Second-harmonic generation, Femtosecond phenomena, Polarization, Interfaces, Silicon, Chemical vapor deposition, Atomic force microscopy, Data acquisition, Focus stacking software

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | May 16, 1994

Self-starting femtosecond pulse generation from a Ti:sapphire laser synchronously pumped by a pointing-stabilized mode-locked Nd:YAG laser

Proc. SPIE. 2116, Generation, Amplification, and Measurement of Ultrashort Laser Pulses

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Femtosecond phenomena, Sensors, Mode locking, Gallium arsenide, Nd:YAG lasers, Interferometry, Laser stabilization, Picosecond phenomena, Pulsed laser operation

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PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | June 17, 1993

Femtosecond ellipsometry and surface second-harmonic probes of Ge, Si1-xGex, Si, and diamond

Proc. SPIE. 1861, Ultrafast Pulse Generation and Spectroscopy

KEYWORDS: Ultrafast phenomena, Ellipsometry, Diamond, Femtosecond phenomena, Spectroscopy, Germanium, Silicon, Reflectivity, Sapphire lasers, Picosecond phenomena

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SPIE Conference Volume | June 17, 1993

Ultrafast Pulse Generation and Spectroscopy

PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE | August 1, 1990

Ultrafast laser probe of interband absorption edges in 3-D and 2-D semiconductors

Proc. SPIE. 1282, Ultrafast Laser Probe Phenomena in Bulk and Microstructure Semiconductors III

KEYWORDS: Semiconductors, Visible radiation, Femtosecond phenomena, Ultraviolet radiation, Silicon, Reflectivity, Ultrafast lasers, Absorbance, Laser beam diagnostics, Absorption

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