Resonant laser ionization of radioactive atoms

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1047-1068

  Koster U ^a   Fedoseyev, V N ^a,b   Mishin, V I ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPECTROSCOPY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dye lasers; Isotope enrichment; Isotope separation on line; Resonance ionization laser ion source; Resonance ionization mass spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DYE LASERS; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION; ISOTOPES; LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL SELECTIVITY;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

EID: 0038496745     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(03)00075-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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