Visualization of Cascade Effects on Integrated Stokes Parameters Using a Pulsed Polarized Electron Beam Technique.

An alternative approach, using a combination of coincidence and pulsed polarized electron beam techniques, has been applied to study the cascade effects on the integrated Stokes parameters of the decay photons from the krypton 5p[5/2]3, 5p′[3/2]2 and 5p′[3/2]1 excited states. While a significant influence of the cascade photon on the linear polarization has been observed, a much smaller effect has been shown on the spin-dependent polarization of the decay photons. The agreement between the theoretical predictions and the experimental data improves after taking into account the cascade effects. © 2003 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]