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Asymmetric photoelectron angular distributions from interfering photoionization processes

Yi-Yian YinSchool of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1285Ce ChenSchool of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1285D. S. ElliottSchool of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1285Arlee V. SmithSchool of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1285
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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.

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