Spin Dependence in Superelastic Electron Scattering from
- 12 August 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 55 (7) , 688-691
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.55.688
Abstract
Measurements are presented of spin asymmetries for superelastic scattering of 10-eV spin-polarized electrons from the excited state created by linearly polarized laser optical pumping. Asymmetries as large as 16% are observed in scattering from a state which is not spin polarized. Results are shown both as a function of scattering angle with fixed laser polarization direction, and as a function of the laser polarization direction at a fixed scattering angle.
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