Selective photochemical isotope “burning” upon the interaction of resonant laser radiation with atoms

Abstract

The method of laser isotope separation based on selective excited-atom “burning” in a flow with buffer and reagent gases was implemented experimentally for zinc and rubidium. Selective excitation of isotopes was accomplished by the one-photon method using weak absorption lines and at the edge of the Doppler contour of atomic absorption with small isotope shift.