Observation of Polarized Optical Radiation following Electron Capture into 
Slow, Highly Ionized Neon

Lembo, L. J.; Danzmann, Karsten; Stoller, Ch.; Meyerhof, W. E.; Hänsch, T. W.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.1874

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Observation of Polarized Optical Radiation following Electron Capture into Slow, Highly Ionized Neon

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Danzmann, Karsten
Laser Interferometry & Gravitational Wave Astronomy, AEI-Hannover, MPI for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Society;

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Lembo, L. J., Danzmann, K., Stoller, C., Meyerhof, W. E., & Hänsch, T. W. (1985). Observation of Polarized Optical Radiation following Electron Capture into Slow, Highly Ionized Neon. Physical Review Letters, 55(18), 1874-1876. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.1874.

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Abstract

In charge-transfer collisions of 4-keV Ne8+ recoil ions with Na, we have observed 434-nm photons emitted in the n=9 to 8 transition in Ne7+. We find this radiation to be strongly polarized, with a degree of polarization P=0.32±0.02. This result is in accord with a recent calculation of Salin indicating that electron capture into slow, highly charged ions preferentially populates the m=0, ±1 magnetic substates.