Experimental evidence for circular dichroism in the double photoionization of helium

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作者
Viefhaus, J
Avaldi, L
Snell, G
Wiedenhoft, M
Hentges, R
Rudel, A
Schafers, F
Menke, D
Heinzmann, U
Engelns, A
Berakdar, J
Klar, H
Becker, U
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[1] CNR,IST METODOL AVANZATE INORGAN,AREA RIC ROMA,I-00016 MONTEROTONDO,ITALY
[2] UNIV BIELEFELD,FAK PHYS,D-33615 BIELEFELD,GERMANY
[3] BERLINER ELEKTROMENSPEICHERRING GESELL SYNCHROTRO,D-14195 BERLIN,GERMANY
[4] UNIV FREIBURG,FAK PHYS,D-79104 FREIBURG,GERMANY
[5] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,INST ADV STUDIES,RES SCH PHYS SCI & ENGN,ATOM & MOL PHYS LABS,CANBERRA,ACT 0200,AUSTRALIA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3975
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Circular dichroism in the double photoionization of He by circularly polarized light has been observed in an angle resolved coincidence experiment at 93.5 eV photon energy: The use of a transmission multilayer, which acts as, a quarter-wave plate for the linearly polarized incident light, together with time-of-flight spectrometers, which enable simultaneous detection of all electron pairs, has made the measurements possible. The results show strong dependence of the dichroism on the relative emission angles and the energy sharing between the ejected electrons in good agreement with our numerical calculations.
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页码:3975 / 3978
页数:4
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