CONTROL OF PHOTODETACHMENT THROUGH A 2-COLOR LOW-FREQUENCY FIELD

We propose a photodetachment scheme for observing interference effects caused by the simultaneous action of a two-color low-frequency field with commensurate frequencies during the photodetachment event, By cha nging the relative phase of the low-frequency fields, considerable mod ifications are found to occur in the angular distributions of the phot oelectrons as well as in their energy spectra. Some properties of the photoelectron angular distributions are discussed, and the extension o f the energy spectra as a function of the low-frequency radiation para meters is evaluated. [S1050-2947(98)50101-1].