Orientational Dichroism in the Electron-Impact Ionization of Laser-Oriented Atomic Sodium

A. Dorn; A. Elliott; J. Lower; E. Weigold; J. Berakdar; A. Engelns; H. Klar

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.257

Orientational Dichroism in the Electron-Impact Ionization of Laser-Oriented Atomic Sodium

A. Dorn, A. Elliott, J. Lower, E. Weigold, J. Berakdar, A. Engelns, H. Klar

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We report the first experimental observation of “orientational dichroism” 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 circularly polarized laser light. Our results show that the angular correlation of the final-state electron pair is strongly dependent on the mL sublevel populated. Comparison with calculation demonstrates the dependence of the dichroism on details of the scattering dynamics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-260
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	80
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.257
Publication status	Published - 1998

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