TY - JOUR
T1 - [Formula Presented] interference in the vuv photoionization of He
AU - Kanter, E. P.
AU - Krässig, B.
AU - Southworth, S. H.
AU - Guillemin, R.
AU - Hemmers, O.
AU - Lindle, D. W.
AU - Wehlitz, R.
AU - Amusia, M. Ya
AU - Chernysheva, L. V.
AU - Martin, N. L.S.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We have measured the forward-backward asymmetry of photoelectron angular distributions produced in the vacuum ultraviolet photoionization of helium. This asymmetry, a consequence of the breakdown of the dipole approximation, measures the real part of the ratio of the quadrupole and dipole matrix elements. In the autoionization region, the strong energy dependence of the asymmetry permits an experimental separation of the ratio of those magnitudes from their phase difference. We experimentally determined the Fano parameters of the [Formula Presented] quadrupole resonance, and report improved values of the width [Formula Presented] and line profile parameter q from those previously available from electron scattering. Off resonance, the smooth energy dependence of the asymmetry is found to agree well with the theoretical treatment presented here which incorporates higher-multipole effects.
AB - We have measured the forward-backward asymmetry of photoelectron angular distributions produced in the vacuum ultraviolet photoionization of helium. This asymmetry, a consequence of the breakdown of the dipole approximation, measures the real part of the ratio of the quadrupole and dipole matrix elements. In the autoionization region, the strong energy dependence of the asymmetry permits an experimental separation of the ratio of those magnitudes from their phase difference. We experimentally determined the Fano parameters of the [Formula Presented] quadrupole resonance, and report improved values of the width [Formula Presented] and line profile parameter q from those previously available from electron scattering. Off resonance, the smooth energy dependence of the asymmetry is found to agree well with the theoretical treatment presented here which incorporates higher-multipole effects.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.012714
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.012714
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85037230923
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 68
SP - 10
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 1
ER -