Asymmetric photoelectron angular distributions from interfering photoionization processes
- 19 October 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 69 (16) , 2353-2356
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.69.2353
Abstract
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.Keywords
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