Spatial Distribution of Orientation of Fast Ions Excited by Surface-Grazing Collisions

Spatial Distribution of Orientation of Fast Ions Excited by Surface-Grazing Collisions

We have investigated the grazing-angle scattering of fast ions from solid surfaces. We establish that the circular polarization of light emitted from the scattered ions, and hence the ion orientation, varies strongly with the ion scattering angle. We show that the nearly elastic ion-surface collisio...

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Veröffentlicht in:Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) 1977-01, Vol.38 (25), p.1473-1476
Hauptverfasser: Berry, H. G., Gabrielse, G., Livingston, A. E., Schectman, R. M., Desesquelles, J.
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Sprache:eng
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640304 - Atomic, Molecular & Chemical Physics- Collision Phenomena
ARGON IONS
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
BEAMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
COLLISIONS
COPPER
DISTRIBUTION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY RANGE
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
ION BEAMS
ION COLLISIONS
IONS
METALS
MEV RANGE
MEV RANGE 01-10
ORIENTATION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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Zusammenfassung:We have investigated the grazing-angle scattering of fast ions from solid surfaces. We establish that the circular polarization of light emitted from the scattered ions, and hence the ion orientation, varies strongly with the ion scattering angle. We show that the nearly elastic ion-surface collisions produce maximum allowed orientation of states with very small alignment.
ISSN:0031-9007
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1473