Theoretical study on isotope separation of an ytterbium atomic beam by laser deflection

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/1/013202

Abstract Isotope separation by laser deflecting an atomic beam is analyzed theoretically. Interacting with a tilted one-dimensional optical molasses, an ytterbium atomic beam is split into multi-beams with different isotopes like ¹⁷²Yb, ¹⁷³Yb, and ¹⁷⁴Yb. By using the numerical calculation, the dependences of the splitting angle on the molasses laser intensity and detuning are studied, and the optimal parameters for the isotope separation are also investigated. Furthermore, the isotope separation efficiency and purity are estimated. Finally a new scheme for the efficient isotope separation is proposed. These findings will give a guideline for simply obtaining pure isotopes of various elements.

Keywords: isotope separation ytterbium optical molasses laser cooling

Received: 18 August 2013
Revised: 30 September 2013
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PACS:	32.10.Fn	(Fine and hyperfine structure)
	28.60.+s	(Isotope separation and enrichment)
	32.30.-r	(Atomic spectra?)
	32.10.Bi	(Atomic masses, mass spectra, abundances, and isotopes)

Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB821302), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11134003 and 10774044), and the Shanghai Excellent Academic Leaders Program, China (Grant No. 12XD1402400).

Corresponding Authors: Xu Xin-Ye
E-mail: xyxu@phy.ecnu.edu.cn

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Zhou Min (周敏), Xu Xin-Ye (徐信业) Theoretical study on isotope separation of an ytterbium atomic beam by laser deflection 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 013202

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