Alignment of the (3d^{10}4s5s)^{3}S_{1} State of Zn Excited by Polarized Electron Impact.

We measure the integrated Stokes parameters of light from Zn (4s4p)4^{3}P_{0,1}-(4s5s)5^{3}S_{1} transitions excited by a transversely polarized electron impact at energies between 7.0 and 8.5 eV.

A cylindrically symmetric "micro-Mott" electron polarimeter.

A small, novel, cylindrically symmetric Mott electron polarimeter is described. The effective Sherman function, Seff, or analyzing power, for 20 kV Au target bias with a 1.3 keV energy loss window is 0.