Prof. Michael C. Downer Profile

Prof. Michael C. Downer

at Univ of Texas at Austin

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Publications (10)

Proceedings Article | 4 December 2003

Optical second-harmonic generation from silicon nanocrystals

Michael Downer, Peter Figliozzi, Yingying Jiang, Liangfeng Sun, Brian Mattern, C. White, Steve Withrow

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 | 15 March 1999

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

A. Rubtsov, E. Mishina, A. Nikulin, Mark Anderson, P. Wilson, Michael Downer, Oleg Aktsipetrov

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 | 30 April 1998

New directions in surface spectroscopy enabled by ultrafast lasers

P. Wilson, Yun-Shik Lee, Y. Jiang, D. Lim, R. Kempf, R. Bungener, X. Hu, Jerry Dadap, Mark Anderson, M. ter Beek, Z. Xu, N. Russell, John Ekerdt, P. Parkinson, E. Mishina, Oleg Aktsipetrov, Michael Downer

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 | 12 April 1996

Atoms in a superstrong laser field: towards subfemtosecond XUV sources

Alexander Sergeev, A. Kim, Evgeny Vanin, D. Farina, M. Lontano, Michael Downer

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 | 14 September 1994

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

Jerry Dadap, N. Russell, X. Hu, John Ekerdt, Michael Downer, Bruce Doris, John Lowell, Alain Diebold

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 | 16 May 1994

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

Craig Siders, Erhard Gaul, Michael Downer, A. Babin, Andrey Stepanov

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 | 17 June 1993

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

Jerry Dadap, Heung-Ro Choo, X. Hu, Qing Deng, Michael Downer

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 | 17 June 1993

Ultrafast Pulse Generation and Spectroscopy

Proceedings Article | 1 August 1990

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

Michael Downer, David Reitze, Glenn Focht

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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