Lithium isotope separation with tunable diode lasers

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 2973-2977

  Olivares, Ignacio E ^a   Duarte, Andrés E ^b   Saravia, Eduardo A ^c   Duarte, Francisco J ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc   (United States)

^d EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; ISOTOPES; LASER TUNING; LITHIUM; SEPARATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER-ISOTOPE-SEPARATION (LIS) METHODS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037140603     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.002973     Document Type: Article

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