Observation of rotational polarization produced in molecule-surface collisions
- 15 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 25 (6), 4273-4275
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.25.4273
Abstract
The rotational polarization produced by scattering a rotationally cold beam of NO from Ag(111) has been measured by laser-induced fluorescence. A strong rotational polarization perpendicular to the surface normal is observed. The degree of polarization depends strongly on final rotational state, incident energy, and incident angle.Keywords
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