Table of Contents

1 Laser isotope separation in atomic vapors

2 Laser technique for isotope separation

3 Chemical reactions of atoms in excited states

4 Isotope separation by single-photon isotope-selective excitation of atom

5 Coherent isotope-selective two-photon excitation of atoms

6 Prospects for industrial isotope production by methods of laser isotope separation



7 Appendix 1. Mathematical description of the processes basing on kinetic equations

8 Appendix 2. Operation features of copper vapor laser complexes

9 Appendix 3. Physical and technical problems of increasing the power of copper vapor lasers

10 Appendix 4. Neutron transmutation doping of silica

11 Appendix 5. Employment of boron isotopes in microelectronics

12 Appendix 6. Employment of boron in nuclear fuel cycle equipment

About the Author

Among the authors is A.M. Prokhorov (1916-2002) who received the Nobel Price 1964 together with C.H. Townes and N.G. Basov for his "fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle". All other auhtors: Bokhan Peter Artemovich, Buchanov Vladimir Vasiljevich+, Zakrevskii Dmitry Eduardovich, Kazaryan Mishik Airazatovich++, Kalugin Michael Mihajlovich#, Prokhorov Alexander Mihajlovich, Fateyev Nikolay Vasiljevich Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia +Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia #Scanning Laser Company, St. Petersburg, Russia ++P.N. Lebedev Physical Institure (LPI), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia