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Uniform Stationary-Phase Methods For Energy Spectra Resulting From Collisions In A Complex Potential: Penning And Associative Ionization Of He*(2³S)+He*(23s), Ronald James Bieniek, M. W. Muller, M. Movre Dec 1990

Uniform Stationary-Phase Methods For Energy Spectra Resulting From Collisions In A Complex Potential: Penning And Associative Ionization Of He*(2³S)+He*(23s), Ronald James Bieniek, M. W. Muller, M. Movre

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Heavy-particle collisions involving strong electronic coupling can be conveniently described by using a complex (optical) potential in the entrance channel. Uniform JWKB stationary-phase techniques are used to evaluate T-matrix elements for transitions where an electron is ejected. The semi-analytic expressions for the resulting electron energy spectra are no more difficult to implement than corresponding ones for totally real potentials. Numerical results are reported for Penning and associative ionization from sub thermal He*(23S)+He*(23S) collisions. These are in excellent agreement with fully quantal, complex-potential computations. The stationary-phase expressions for T-matrix elements and differential cross sections are employed to elucidate the rapid and …


Projectile- And Target-Charge Dependent Effects In Ionizing Collisions Of H ⁺ And He 2+ With He, Ne And Ar Atoms, Timothy James Gay, M. W. Gealy, M. E. Rudd Dec 1990

Projectile- And Target-Charge Dependent Effects In Ionizing Collisions Of H ⁺ And He 2+ With He, Ne And Ar Atoms, Timothy James Gay, M. W. Gealy, M. E. Rudd

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The spectra of electrons emitted in collisions between H + and He 2+ projectiles and He, Ne and Ar targets at energies of 50 and 100 keV amu -1 have been studied. The data are in qualitative agreement with results of Irby el al., but are in disagreement with measurements of Bernardi et al. It is shown that the observed electron spectra have a dependence on both target-ion and projectile effective charge that can be understood qualitatively in terms of 'saddle-point' ionization. Several issues relevant to saddle-point ionization are discussed. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.


A High Power, Tunable, Arc-Lamp Pumped Nd-Doped Lanthanum-Hexaluminate Laser, Padetha Tin, Laird D. Schearer Dec 1990

A High Power, Tunable, Arc-Lamp Pumped Nd-Doped Lanthanum-Hexaluminate Laser, Padetha Tin, Laird D. Schearer

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An LNA (Nd-doped lanthanum-hex aluminate) crystal has been pumped with a cw, krypton arc lamp in a commercial Nd:YAG cavity. The cw output power greater than 6 W is obtained in a 28-cm long, plane mirror cavity. The free-running wavelength is near 1083 nm and has a width of about 0.8 nm. Inserting a 0.25 mm thick, uncoated solid etalon in the cavity permits the laser output to be continuously tuned from 1082 to 1084 nm by tilting the etalon. The laser bandwidth is reduced to below 0.016 nm. Over 3 W are obtained at the helium resonance transition. The …


Single Transfer-Excitation Resonance Observed Via The Two-Photon Decay In He-Like Ge³⁰⁺, Paul H. Mokler, S. Reusch, A. Warczak, Zbigniew Stachura, T. Kambara, Alfred K. Muller, Reinhold S. Schuch, Michael Schulz Dec 1990

Single Transfer-Excitation Resonance Observed Via The Two-Photon Decay In He-Like Ge³⁰⁺, Paul H. Mokler, S. Reusch, A. Warczak, Zbigniew Stachura, T. Kambara, Alfred K. Muller, Reinhold S. Schuch, Michael Schulz

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We measured the 2E1 decay of the 1s2s 1S0 →1s2 1S0 transition in He-like germanium for 12- to 19-MeV/u Ge31+ +H2 collisions. The resonant population of the 2s2p 1P1 state by transfer excitation was isolated due to its cascading to the 1s2s 1S0 state. The experimental cross sections compare well with calculations using dielectronic recombination rates. The method gives the unique possibility to populate selectively the 1S0 state in heavy He-like ions.


Electron Emission From Both Target And Projectile In C⁺ + He Collisions, C. O. Reinhold, D. R. Schultz, Ronald E. Olson, L. H. Toburen, R. (Robert) D. Dubois Dec 1990

Electron Emission From Both Target And Projectile In C⁺ + He Collisions, C. O. Reinhold, D. R. Schultz, Ronald E. Olson, L. H. Toburen, R. (Robert) D. Dubois

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The first classical trajectory Monte Carlo calculation of the electronic spectra arising from both target and projectile ionization is presented and compared with experimental measurements of the differential cross section for electrons emitted in C++He collisions. The theoretical treatment is based on an independent-electron model in which the interactions between the electrons are approximated by quantum model potentials. Good agreement is obtained between theory and experiment and structures appearing in the measurements can be explained in terms of the electron emission from either, or both, target and projectile. Further, the relative importance of the electron capture to the continuum and …


Tunable Lasers At 1080 Nm For Helium Optical Pumping, Laird D. Schearer, Padetha Tin Dec 1990

Tunable Lasers At 1080 Nm For Helium Optical Pumping, Laird D. Schearer, Padetha Tin

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We describe the current status of tunable, cw, solid-state lasers in the infrared region of the spectrum which may be tuned to the helium resonance transition near 1083 nm. The principal use for these laser devices is the optical pumping of 3He and 4He atoms via the 23S1 metastable state. The tunable lasers we have examined include Nd3+-doped YAlO3, LaxNd1-xMgAl11O19 (x ∼0.15), Nd:LiNbO3, and Nd:silica glass fibers. Power outputs from these lasers range from a milliwatt to more than 1 W at …


Coincident Charge State Production In F⁶⁺+Ne Collisions, D. R. Schultz, Ronald E. Olson, C. O. Reinhold Nov 1990

Coincident Charge State Production In F⁶⁺+Ne Collisions, D. R. Schultz, Ronald E. Olson, C. O. Reinhold

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Total cross sections are presented for the production of various stages of multiple ionization of the target in coincidence with the final projectile charge state for collisions of F6+ with Ne at 10 and 15 MeV. In particular, the current measurements are compared with the results of a classical trajectory Monte Carlo method in which electrons are included explicitly on both target and projectile (nCTMC) and with those based on the conventional independent electron model (IEM). It is shown by the good agreement with experiment that the nCTMC model simultaneously represents well the ionization, charge transfer and excitation channels …


Theoretical Description Of The Binary Peak In Clothed Ion-Atom Collisions, C. O. Reinhold, Ronald E. Olson Oct 1990

Theoretical Description Of The Binary Peak In Clothed Ion-Atom Collisions, C. O. Reinhold, Ronald E. Olson

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The impulse or binary encounter approximation for ion-atom collisions is extended to treat the non-Coulomb interaction between a clothed projectile ion and the target electrons. This model is shown to reproduce the unexplained enhancement of the zero-degree binary peak for partially stripped ions over that for Equi velocity fully stripped ions that has recently been observed experimentally in Fq++H2, He collisions. Very good agreement is obtained between theory and experiment and, furthermore, this model is used to illuminate the underlying dynamics which leads to the observed enhancement. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.


Angular Distribution Of Auger Electrons Emitted Through The Resonant Transfer And Excitation Process Following O⁵⁺+He Collisions, Malika Benhenni, Stephen M. Shafroth, J. K. Swenson, Michael Schulz, J. P. Giese, Harald Schone, Charles Randy Vane, Peter F. Dittner, Sheldon Datz Oct 1990

Angular Distribution Of Auger Electrons Emitted Through The Resonant Transfer And Excitation Process Following O⁵⁺+He Collisions, Malika Benhenni, Stephen M. Shafroth, J. K. Swenson, Michael Schulz, J. P. Giese, Harald Schone, Charles Randy Vane, Peter F. Dittner, Sheldon Datz

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This Letter reports the first measurements of the angular distribution of Auger electrons emitted from the decay of the (1s2s2p2)3D O4+** doubly excited state formed predominantly through resonant transfer and excitation (RTE) in collisions of 13-MeV O5+ projectiles with He. The (1s2s2p2)3D angular distribution is strongly peaked along the beam direction, in agreement with recent calculations of the RTE angle-dependent impulse approximation. Furthermore, interference effects between the RTE and the elastic target direct-ionization channels are observed.


Evidence For A Crossover From Multiple Trapping To Percolation In The High-Temperature Electrical Conductivity Of Mn-Doped Lacroo₃, Ryne P. Raffaelle, Harlan U. Anderson, Don M. Sparlin, Paul Ernest Parris Sep 1990

Evidence For A Crossover From Multiple Trapping To Percolation In The High-Temperature Electrical Conductivity Of Mn-Doped Lacroo₃, Ryne P. Raffaelle, Harlan U. Anderson, Don M. Sparlin, Paul Ernest Parris

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

We explain the deep electrical conductivity minimum near x=0.05 in the perovskite-type ceramic LaCr1-xMnxO3 as a crossover between two different regimes of hopping conduction. At low Mn concentrations the diffusion of small polarons among Cr ions is limited by multiple trapping at energetically lower Mn sites. At higher concentrations a percolating path of Mn sites forms and direct transport between Mn ions dominates the conduction process.


Double Excitation Of He By Fast Ions, J. P. Giese, Michael Schulz, J. K. Swenson, Harald Schone, Malika Benhenni, S. L. Varghese, Charles Randy Vane, Peter F. Dittner, Stephen M. Shafroth, Sheldon Datz Aug 1990

Double Excitation Of He By Fast Ions, J. P. Giese, Michael Schulz, J. K. Swenson, Harald Schone, Malika Benhenni, S. L. Varghese, Charles Randy Vane, Peter F. Dittner, Stephen M. Shafroth, Sheldon Datz

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Autoionization of He atoms following double excitation by electrons, protons, CQ+ (Q=4-6), and FQ+ (Q=7-9) ions has been studied. The electron-emission yields from the doubly excited 2s2(1S), 2s2p(1P), and 2p2(1P) states were measured at the reduced projectile energy of 1.5 MeV/nucleon for observation angles between 10°and 60°. The results indicate excitation to the 2s2(1S) and 2p2(1D) states increases as approximately Q3, while excitation to the 2s2p(1P) state varies as approximately Q2, where Q is …


Observation Of Velocity-Tuned Multiphoton Doppleron Resonances In Laser-Cooled Atoms, Jeffrey J. Tollett, Jian Chen, J. Greg Story, N. W M Ritchie, Curtis C. Bradley, Randall G. Hulet Jul 1990

Observation Of Velocity-Tuned Multiphoton Doppleron Resonances In Laser-Cooled Atoms, Jeffrey J. Tollett, Jian Chen, J. Greg Story, N. W M Ritchie, Curtis C. Bradley, Randall G. Hulet

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An atomic beam of Li was transversely cooled using an intense standing-wave radiation field. A dramatic change in the transverse velocity distribution was observed. Structure in the resulting velocity distribution was found to be due to velocity-tuned multiphoton Doppleron resonances. The force due to seven-photon resonances is clearly resolved in the data. The data are in good agreement with theoretical predictions.


Rotational Effects In The Vuv Continuum Of H2, H. Schmoranzer, T. Noll, T. Noll, E. Roueff, H. Abgrall, Ronald James Bieniek Jun 1990

Rotational Effects In The Vuv Continuum Of H2, H. Schmoranzer, T. Noll, T. Noll, E. Roueff, H. Abgrall, Ronald James Bieniek

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The effects of rotation-vibration interaction and of rotational coupling between the B 2p 1Σu+ and C 2p 1Πu electronic states on the B-X continuum of H2 were investigated spectroscopically using monochromatized synchrotron radiation for selective excitation of rovibronic states. The perturbed continuum intensities observed for the first time agree well with close-coupling calculations also performed. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.


Coupled-Channel Optical Calculation Of Electron-Hydrogen Scattering: The Distorted-Wave Optical Potential, Igor Bray, Don H. Madison, Ian E. Mccarthy Jun 1990

Coupled-Channel Optical Calculation Of Electron-Hydrogen Scattering: The Distorted-Wave Optical Potential, Igor Bray, Don H. Madison, Ian E. Mccarthy

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The coupled-channel optical method solves a set of coupled momentum-space integral equations for a finite set of reaction channels. The remaining channels, including the target continuum, are described by the polarization potential operator, which formally depends on the full three-body state vectors for these channels. The distorted-wave optical potential makes the distorted-wave Born approximation for these state vectors, using exact target states. No other approximation is made. Calculations and comparison with experiment are reported for total ionization cross sections and asymmetries, total excitation cross sections, entrance-channel phenomena, and the coupled 1s,2s,2p channels, at a range of energies.


Effect Of Second-Order Exchange In Electron-Hydrogen Scattering, Don H. Madison, Igor Bray, Ian E. Mccarthy May 1990

Effect Of Second-Order Exchange In Electron-Hydrogen Scattering, Don H. Madison, Igor Bray, Ian E. Mccarthy

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The electron-hydrogen scattering problem has been a nemesis to theoretical atomic physicists due to the fact that even the most sophisticated of theoretical calculations, both perturbative and nonperturbative, do not agree with experiment. The current opinion is that the perturbative approach cannot be used for this problem since recent second-order calculations are not in agreement with the experimental data and higher-order calculations are deemed impractical However, these second-order calculations neglected second-order exchange. We have now added exchange to the second-order calculation and have found that the primary source of disagreement between experiment and theory for intermediate energies is attributable not …


Rotational Effects In The Continuous Vacuum-Ultraviolet Fluorescence Spectrum Of H2 Associated With Spontaneous Dissociation, H. Schmoranzer, T. Noll, E. Roueff, H. Abgrall, Ronald James Bieniek Jan 1990

Rotational Effects In The Continuous Vacuum-Ultraviolet Fluorescence Spectrum Of H2 Associated With Spontaneous Dissociation, H. Schmoranzer, T. Noll, E. Roueff, H. Abgrall, Ronald James Bieniek

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The effects of rotational-vibrational interaction, and of rotational coupling between the B 2p u+1 and C 2p u1 electronic states, on the B X fluorescence continuum of H2 associated with spontaneous dissociation were investigated spectroscopically using monochromatized synchrotron radiation for selective excitation of rovibronic states. The rotational shifts and perturbations in the modulated continua intensities observed agree well with close-coupling and Jeffreys-Wentzel-Kromers-Brillouin (JWKB) calculations also performed and are explained in terms of nonadiabatic coupling effects and rainbow-interference structures. A straightforward experimental technique is described to detect mixed electronic states. © 1990 The American Physical Society.


A Study Of The Hydration Properties Of Selected Laser Dye Aerosols Including Continuous-Flow Parallel Plate And Alternating-Gradient Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chamber Measurements In The High Supersaturation Regime, Donald E. Hagen, Max B. Trueblood, Darryl J. Alofs Jan 1990

A Study Of The Hydration Properties Of Selected Laser Dye Aerosols Including Continuous-Flow Parallel Plate And Alternating-Gradient Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chamber Measurements In The High Supersaturation Regime, Donald E. Hagen, Max B. Trueblood, Darryl J. Alofs

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The Hydration Behavior of Aerosols made Up of Various Fluorescent Dyes when Exposed to Water Saturation or Supersaturated Conditions Has Been Studied. Critical Supersaturation Spectra Are Reported. the Dyes Are Found to Behave as High Molecular Weight Ionic Compounds that Obey Kohler Theory. their Relevant Kohler Parameters Are Measured. This Study Makes Use of and Compares Results from the Isothermal Hazecontinuous-Flowand Alternating-Gradient Thermal Diffusion Cloud Chambers. the Ability of the Continuous-Flow Thermal Diffusion Chamber to Operate Correctly at High Supersaturations is Shown. © 1990 Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc.


Oxidation-Reduction Behavior Of Undoped And Sr-Doped Lamno3: Defect Structure, Electrical Conductivity, And Thermoelectric Power, J. H. Kuo, Harlan U. Anderson, Don M. Sparlin Jan 1990

Oxidation-Reduction Behavior Of Undoped And Sr-Doped Lamno3: Defect Structure, Electrical Conductivity, And Thermoelectric Power, J. H. Kuo, Harlan U. Anderson, Don M. Sparlin

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Seebeck coefficient and electrical conductivity measurements were performed for undoped and Sr-doped LaMnO3 as a function of temperature and oxygen partial pressure. The results of electrical conductivity showed typical p-type behavior. As reduction proceeded, the electrical conductivity of these LaMnO3-based perovskites decreased with P 1 4O2. The analysis of the electrical conductivity data was performed by extending the defect model from a previous thermogravimetric (TG) study. The measured Seebeck coefficients were found to be positive except for the most reducing conditions when the decomposition into multiple phases occurred. The Heikes formula was adopted to interpret …


Subshell Electron Capture In Collisions Of Fully Stripped Ions With He And H2 At Intermediate Energies, L. Meng, C. O. Reinhold, Ronald E. Olson Jan 1990

Subshell Electron Capture In Collisions Of Fully Stripped Ions With He And H2 At Intermediate Energies, L. Meng, C. O. Reinhold, Ronald E. Olson

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Classical phase-space models of the hydrogen molecule and helium are utilized to study shell and subshell electron-capture processes in collisions of fully stripped ions on charge states from 1 to 15 with H2 and He at intermediate impact energies (20200 keV/amu). Autoionization after double electron capture is approximated and is found to be an important channel for high projectile charges. The resulting (n,l) distributions for proton impact of He and H2 as well as total capture cross sections are found to be in very good agreement with experimental data. l distributions for high projectile charges are also analyzed for …


Enhanced Radiative Auger Emission From Lithiumlike S13+16, E. M. Bernstein, M. W. Clark, C. S. Oglesby, J. A. Tanis, W. G. Graham, Robert H. Mcfarland, T. J. Morgan, B. M. Johnson, K. W. Jones Jan 1990

Enhanced Radiative Auger Emission From Lithiumlike S13+16, E. M. Bernstein, M. W. Clark, C. S. Oglesby, J. A. Tanis, W. G. Graham, Robert H. Mcfarland, T. J. Morgan, B. M. Johnson, K. W. Jones

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The radiative Auger emission (RAE) from 0.946.25-MeV/u 16S13+ (lithiumlike) projectiles excited in collisions with He target atoms has been measured. For these highly stripped ions the intensity of RAE photons relative to K x-ray emission is enhanced by about a factor of five compared with theoretical calculations and an earlier experimental measurement for S ions with few electron vacancies. The enhancement of RAE for S13+ is qualitatively similar to results reported previously for lithiumlike 23V20+; however, some differences between S and V are evident. © 1990 The American Physical Society.


Experimental And Theoretical Study Of The Electron Spectra In 66.7350-Kev/U C++He Collisions, L. H. Toburen, R. (Robert) D. Dubois, C. O. Reinhold, D. R. Schultz, Ronald E. Olson Jan 1990

Experimental And Theoretical Study Of The Electron Spectra In 66.7350-Kev/U C++He Collisions, L. H. Toburen, R. (Robert) D. Dubois, C. O. Reinhold, D. R. Schultz, Ronald E. Olson

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Measurements of the differential and total cross sections for production of free electrons are reported for collisions of 66.7350-keV/u C+ ions with He. The experimental data are compared with theoretical calculations that include electron emission from both target and projectile using the classical-trajectory Monte Carlo method and the independent-electron approximation. Good agreement is observed between theory and experiment, and structures appearing in the electron spectra can be explained in terms of either, or both, target and projectile ionization. © 1990 The American Physical Society.


Binary Nucleation Of Ethanol And Water, John L. Schmitt, J. Whitten, G. W. Adams, R. A. Zalabsky Jan 1990

Binary Nucleation Of Ethanol And Water, John L. Schmitt, J. Whitten, G. W. Adams, R. A. Zalabsky

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The authors have used a fast expansion cloud chamber to measure binary homogeneous nucleation rates in several ethanol-water mixtures as a function of temperature, ethanol and water activities and nucleation rate. Data (ethanol and water activities) are presented for a range in nucleation rate from 10 3 to 105 drops/cm3 s from 263 to 293 K for mixtures having mole ratios (ethanol/water) of 10, 4, 0.1, 0.01, and 0.001. A comparison of the extensive data set to other data in the literature shows good agreement. We find current theory, as expected, is unable to accurately predict the data at low …


State-Selective Capture In Collisions Between Ions And Ground- And Excited-State Alkali-Metal Atoms, J. Pascale, Ronald E. Olson, C. O. Reinhold Jan 1990

State-Selective Capture In Collisions Between Ions And Ground- And Excited-State Alkali-Metal Atoms, J. Pascale, Ronald E. Olson, C. O. Reinhold

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Total cross sections for state-selective electron capture in collisions between ions and alkali-metal atoms have been calculated by means of a three-body classical-trajectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) method using model potentials to describe the electron ionic-core interactions. Calculations have been performed for Na+-Na(28d) collisions and for N5+ and Ar8+-Cs(6s) collisions. The collision velocity range corresponds to 0.5vp/ve2, where vp is the projectile velocity in the laboratory frame and ve is the initial orbital velocity of the electron bound to the alkali-metal core. In the case of Na++Na(28d) collisions, calculations of the final n,l,m distributions …


Physical Properties Of Coarse Aerosol Particles And Haze Elements In Polluted Urban-Marine Environment, Josef Podzimek Jan 1990

Physical Properties Of Coarse Aerosol Particles And Haze Elements In Polluted Urban-Marine Environment, Josef Podzimek

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Measurements of coarse particles (with r ≥ 1.0 μm) with the aid of a cascade impactor and of particle (droplet) identification in sensitized gelatine layers reveal their mean concentration of about 1.5 cm-3 during the months of May and June 20 km west from Napoli in Italy. Haze particles (droplets) are usually featured by insoluble core and many small particles deposited on their surface. Sea salt aerosol does not play a dominant role in the haze element formation at this site of measurement. © 1990.


Enhanced Polarization Of Electron Spins In He4 By Simultaneous Optical Pumping With Circularly And Linearly Polarized Resonance Radiation, Laird D. Schearer, Padetha Tin Jan 1990

Enhanced Polarization Of Electron Spins In He4 By Simultaneous Optical Pumping With Circularly And Linearly Polarized Resonance Radiation, Laird D. Schearer, Padetha Tin

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The polarization of helium (23S1) metastable atoms saturates at 50% when the ensemble is optically pumped with the D0 (23S1-23P0) transition. We have obtained polarizations approaching 100% with a simple, straightforward modification to the conventional experimental arrangement. The addition of a small amount of -polarized D0 light incident on the cell perpendicular to the defining field direction doubles the polarization produced by circularly polarized + light along the field direction. A simple rate-equation model illustrates the enhancement. © 1990 The American Physical Society.