APPLIED PHYSICS
THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL JOURNAL
| No. 1 | Founded in 1994 | Moscow 1995 |
LASER ISOTOPE SEPARATION OF YTTERBIUM
S. K. Borisov, M. A. Kuzmina, V. A. Mishin
General Physics Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
AVLJS process of ytterbium vapor has been investigated by experimental and numerical methods. An optimal scheme of
Yb atoms photoionization has been determined. The AVLJS mathematical model has been developed, which is correct
as applied to the conditions of commercial isotope production. The AVUS dynamics of Yb has been optimized. It
has been shown, the Yb vapor can be efficiently ionized if lasers frequencies detune from a frequency of
radiative transitions near region two-photons resonance.
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