ORIENTATIONAL DICHROISM IN THE ELECTRON-IMPACT IONIZATION OF LASER-ORIENTED ATOMIC SODIUM

Authors
DORN A ELLIOTT A LOWER J WEIGOLD E BERAKDAR J ENGELNS A KLAR H
Citation
A. Dorn et al., ORIENTATIONAL DICHROISM IN THE ELECTRON-IMPACT IONIZATION OF LASER-ORIENTED ATOMIC SODIUM, Physical review letters, 80(2), 1998, pp. 257-260
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
257 - 260
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:2<257:ODITEI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We report the first experimental observation of ''orientational dichro ism'' in electron impact-induced ionization. (e, 2e) experiments have been performed on pure angular momentum states 3P(3/2), m(F) = +3 and m(F) = -3 of the sodium atom, excited by right- and left-handed circul arly polarized laser light. Our results show that the angular correlat ion of the final-state electron pair is strongly dependent on the mt s ublevel populated. Comparison with calculation demonstrates the depend ence of the dichroism on details of the scattering dynamics.