Multichannel photoelectron phase lag across atomic barium autoionizing resonances
Phase lag associated with coherent control where an excited system decays into more than one product channel has been subjected to numerous investigations. Although previous theoretical studies have treated the phase lag across resonances in model calculations, quantitative agreement has never been achieved between the theoretical model and an experimental measurement of the phase lag from the ω-2ω ionization of atomic barium. Yamazaki and Elliot, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 053001 (2007); Phys. Rev. A 76, 053401 (2007), suggesting that a toy model with phenomenological parameters is inadequate to describe the observed phase lag behavior. Here the phase lag is treated quantitatively in a multichannel coupling formulation, and our calculation based on a multichannel quantum defect and R-matrix treatment achieves good agreement with the experimental observations. Our treatment also develops formulas to describe the effects of hyperfine depolarization on multiphoton ionization processes. Moreover, we identify resonances between Ba+5d3/2 and 5d5/2 thresholds that have apparently never been experimentally observed and classified.
- Research Organization:
- Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010545
- OSTI ID:
- 1979607
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 105; ISSN 2469-9926
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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