Spatial distribution of orientation of fast ions excited by surface-grazing collisions

H. G. Berry; G. Gabrielse; A. E. Livingston; R. M. Schectman; J. Desesquelles

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1473

Spatial distribution of orientation of fast ions excited by surface-grazing collisions

H. G. Berry, G. Gabrielse, A. E. Livingston, R. M. Schectman^*, J. Desesquelles

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1473-1476
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	38
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1473
State	Published - 1977

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