Chiral photoelectron angular distributions from ionization of achiral atomic and molecular species
We show that the combination of two achiral components—an atomic or molecular target plus a circularly polarized photon—can yield chirally structured photoelectron angular distributions. For photoionization of CO, the angular distribution of carbon K-shell photoelectrons is chiral when the molecular...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2020-08-01
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Series: | Physical Review Research |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033209 |