Two-photon resonant three-photon ionization of Be applied to the determination of isotopic abundances

Abstract

We show that when more than one photons are involved in bound-bound transitions by a broad-band laser for the determination of isotopic abundances, the ac Stark shift may cause the discrimination on ionization between different isotopes for a given atomic species. As an example, we present specific numerical calculations with Be atom in terms of the determination of isotopic abundances.