Physics - Faculty : Michael Jackson

Mike Jackson Professor Chair, Department of Physics Lind 201A 509-963-2727 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
These are the classes that I will be teaching for the 2007-2008 academic year:

• PHYS 111 Introductory Physics
• PHYS 334 Modern Physics Laboratory
• PHYS 363 Physical Optics
• PHYS 474 Quantum Mechanics
• PHYS 495 Undergraduate Research

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

C. Uranga, G. M. Borstad^*, C. Connell^*, L. R. Zink and M. Jackson, "Discovery and Frequency Measurement of Short-Wavelength Far-Infrared Laser Emissions From Optically Pumped ¹³CD₃OH and CHD₂OH", Appl. Phys. B, in press.

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", Mol. Phys., 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 J. Quantum Electron., 41, 1528-1532 (2005).

M. Jackson, P. Noffke^* and L. R. Zink, "Frequency Measurement of FIR Laser Emissions From Optically Pumped CH₃OD", Appl. Phys. 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", Appl. Phys. B, 74, 613-614 (2002). This manuscript reports the discovery of the shortest known FIR laser emission from optically pumped CHD₂OH.

M. Jackson, E. M. Telles, M. D. Allen, and K. M. Evenson, "Short-Wavelength Far-Infrared Laser Cavity Yielding New Laser Emissions in CD₃OH", Appl. Phys. B, 72, 815-818 (2001).

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

G. R. Sudhakaran and M. Jackson, "FIR Laser Stark Spectroscopy of CD₃F in the ν₆ = 1 Vibrational State", J. Mol. Spectrosc., 175, 445-447 (1996).

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