ASYMMETRIC PHOTOELECTRON ANGULAR-DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INTERFERING PHOTOIONIZATION PROCESSES

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作者
YIN, YY [1 ]
CHEN, C [1 ]
ELLIOTT, DS [1 ]
SMITH, AV [1 ]
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[1] SANDIA NATL LABS,ALBUQUERQUE,NM 87185
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2353
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O4 [物理学];
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We have measured asymmetric photoelectron angular distributions for atomic rubidium. Ionization is induced by a one-photon interaction with 280 nm light and by a two-photon interaction with 560 nm light. Interference between the even- and odd-parity free-electron wave functions allows us to control the direction of maximum electron flux by varying the relative phase of the two laser fields.
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