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Timothy J. Gay Publications

2017

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Alignment Of The (3D104S5S)3S1 State Of Zn Excited By Polarized Electron Impact, Nathan B. Clayburn, Timothy J. Gay Sep 2017

Alignment Of The (3D104S5S)3S1 State Of Zn Excited By Polarized Electron Impact, Nathan B. Clayburn, Timothy J. Gay

Timothy J. Gay Publications

We measure the integrated Stokes parameters of light from Zn (4s4p)43P0,1-(4s5s)53S1 transitions excited by a transversely polarized electron impact at energies between 7.0 and 8.5 eV. Our results for the electron-polarization-normalized linear polarization Stokes parameter P2, between incident electron energies 7.0 and 7.4 eV, are consistent with zero, as required by basic angular-momentum coupling considerations and by recent theoretical calculations. They are in qualitative disagreement with previous experimental results for the P2 parameter.


Measurement Of The Integrated Stokes Parameters Of Zn 468 Nm Fluorescence Excited By Polarized-Electron Impact, Nathan B. Clayburn, Timothy J. Gay Jan 2017

Measurement Of The Integrated Stokes Parameters Of Zn 468 Nm Fluorescence Excited By Polarized-Electron Impact, Nathan B. Clayburn, Timothy J. Gay

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The integrated Stokes parameters P1, P2, and P3 of Zn (43P0,1 – 53S1) fluorescence resulting from transversely-spin-polarized electron impact excitation of the Zn (4s5s)53S1 state have been measured. This work was motivated by similar studies reported several years ago, in which non-zero values of the integrated Stokes parameter P2 between the threshold for the (4s5s)53S1 excitation and the first cascading (4s5p)53PJ threshold were measured. We observe optical excitation functions in agreement with previous experimental and theoretical results, but …


Domain Formation Mechanism Of The Si(110) “16 × 2” Reconstruction, N. K. Lewis, Nathan B. Clayburn, Evan M. Brunkow, Timothy J. Gay, Y. Lassailly, J. Fujii, I. Vobornik, W. R. Flavell, E. A. Seddon Jan 2017

Domain Formation Mechanism Of The Si(110) “16 × 2” Reconstruction, N. K. Lewis, Nathan B. Clayburn, Evan M. Brunkow, Timothy J. Gay, Y. Lassailly, J. Fujii, I. Vobornik, W. R. Flavell, E. A. Seddon

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The main factor that determines which of the two domains forms upon reconstruction of the Si(110) “16 × 2” surface has been investigated. Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images showed that the domain orientation was independent of the heating current direction used to induce the Si(110) “16 × 2” reconstruction. Reciprocal-space lattice models of the reconstruction allowed for the correct identification of domain orientations in the LEED images, and they confirmed that the reconstruction is two dimensionally chiral. It is proposed that the domain orientation upon surface reconstruction is determined by the direction of monatomic steps …