Michael Downer
- Professor
- Physics
Contact Information
Biography
Professorship in Physics #2 (Holder) | Distinguished Teaching Professor
Research
Mike Downer researches femtosecond spectroscopy in condensed matter and plasmas, semiconductor interface physics, surface nonlinear optics and atomic, molecular and plasma physics at high light intensity, with plasma-based particle accelerators.
Research Areas
- Lasers
Centers and Institutes
- Center for High Energy Density Physics
- Institute for Fusion Studies
- Texas Materials Institute
Education
- Ph.D., Harvard University, 1983
Publications
137) X. Gao, A. V. Arefiev, R. C. Korzekwa, X. Wang, B. Shim, M. C. DOWNER, “Spatio-temporal profiling of cluster mass fraction in a pulsed supersonic gas jet by frequency-domain holography,” J. Appl. Phys. 114, 034903 (2013).
136) X. Wang, R. Zgadzaj, N. Fazel, Z. Li, S. A. Yi, X. Zhang, W. Henderson, Y. –Y. Chang, R. Korzekwa, H.-E. Tsai, C.-H. Pai, H. Quevedo, G. Dyer, E. Gaul, M. Martinez, A. C. Bernstein, T. Borger, M. Spinks, M. Donovan, V. Khudik, G. Shvets, T. Ditmire and M. C. DOWNER, “Quasi-monoenergetic laser-plasma acceleration of electrons to 2 GeV,” Nature Communications 4, 1988 (2013).
135) Y.An, J. Price, Ming Lei and M. C. DOWNER, "Role of photo-assisted tunneling in time-dependent second-harmonic generation from Si surfaces with ultrathin oxides," Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 051602 (2013).
134) Ming Lei, J. Price, Wei-e Wang, Man Hoi Wong, G. Bersuker and M. C. DOWNER, “Characterization of anti-phase boundaries in hetero-epitaxial polar-on-nonpolar semiconductor films by optical second-harmonic generation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 152103 (2013).
133) B. S. Mendoza, J. Wei and M. C. DOWNER, “Blue-shift of E2 critical point resonance in optical second-harmonic spectrum of Si nanocrystals,” physica status solidi (b) 249, 1166-1172 (2012).
132) Ming Lei, J. H. Yum, S. K. Banerjee and M. C. DOWNER, “Band offsets of atomic layer deposited Al2O3 and HfO2 on Si measured by linear and nonlinear photoemission,” physica status solidi (b) 249, 1160-1165 (2012).
Awards
- Fellow, Optical Society of America 2003
- President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award 2002
- Teaching Excellence Award, UT Coll. Nat. Sciences 2001
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, UT-Austin 2000
- cited in Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2000
- Fellow, American Physical Society 1999
- Awarded U. S. Patent 5,557,409* 1996
- cited in Who's Who in Science and Engineering 1993
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award 1988-1993
- ONR Young Investigator Award 1988-1991
- IBM Faculty Development Award 1987-89
- General George C. Marshall Scholar, Oxford University 1976-78