Mike Jackson Professor Chair, Department of Physics Lind 201A 509-963-2914 jacksonm@cwu.edu

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Educational Background

B.S., Physics and Mathematics, State University of New York, 1992
Ph.D., Physics, New Mexico State University, 1998

Teaching
Physics classes I have taught

• PHYS 111 Introductory Physics
• PHYS 112 Introductory Physics II
• PHYS 181 General Physics with Laboratory
• PHYS 182 General Physics II with Laboratory
• PHYS 183 General Physics III with Laboratory
• PHYS 334 Modern Physics Laboratory
• PHYS 342 Thermodynamics
• PHYS 363 Optics with Laboratory
• PHYS 463 Fundamentals of Lasers
• PHYS 474 Quantum Mechanics I
• PHYS 495 Undergraduate Research
• STEP 101 Science Seminar I: Research Experience
• STEP 102 Science Seminar II: Interdisciplinary Research Theme

Research Interests

My primary area of interest and expertise is experimental optics. In particular my research includes the investigation of molecules as sources of far-infrared laser radiation, the measurement of far-infrared laser frequencies, and the use of these lasers for the investigation of stable and unstable molecules. These studies include laser Stark and laser magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Selected Publications

Twenty-nine refereed journal articles in all. Asterisks indicate research conducted with undergraduates; graduate students are underlined.

M. Jackson, T. Petersen^*, and L. R. Zink, "Frequencies and Wavelengths From a New Far-Infrared Lasing Gas: ¹³CHD₂OH," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 45, 830-832 (2009). 

A. Robinson, J. M. Brown, J. Flores-Mijangos, L. R. Zink and M. Jackson, "A spectroscopic study of the ¹⁴NH radical in vibrationally excited levels of the X ³Σ ^- state by far-infrared laser magnetic resonance", Molecular Physics, 105, 639-662 (2007).

M. Jackson, L. R. Zink, T. J. Garrod^*, S. Petersen^*, A. Stokes^* and M. Theisen^*, "The Generation and Measurement of Far-Infrared Laser Frequencies", IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics., 41, 1528-1532 (2005).

M. Jackson, P. Noffke^* and L. R. Zink, "Frequency Measurement of FIR Laser Emissions From Optically Pumped CH₃OD", Applied Physics B, 78, 273-274 (2004).

K. M. Evenson, Q. Sanford^*, C. Smith^*, D. Sutton^*, J. Sullivan^*, E. Vershure^* and M. Jackson, "New Short-Wavelength Laser Emissions From Partially Deuterated Methanol Isotopes", Applied Physics B, 74, 613-614 (2002). This manuscript reports the discovery of the shortest known FIR laser emission from optically pumped CHD₂OH.

M. Jackson, G. R. Sudhakaran, and E. Gansen^*, "Far-Infrared Laser Stark Spectroscopy of PH₃", Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 181, 446-451 (1997).

M. Jackson, G. R. Sudhakaran, A. Silveira Jr., R. M. Lees, and I. Mukhopadhyay, "FIR Laser Stark Spectroscopy of CH₃¹⁸OH", Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 164, 275-286 (1994).