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Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 2353–2356 (1992)

Asymmetric photoelectron angular distributions from interfering photoionization processes

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Yi-Yian Yin, Ce Chen, and D. S. Elliott
School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1285

A. V. Smith
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185

Received 14 May 1992; published in the issue dated 19 October 1992

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.

© 1992 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2353
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.2353
PACS:
32.80.Fb, 32.80.Rm