METHOD FOR SEPARATING DIFFERENT ISOTOPES IN COMPOUNDS BY MEANS OF LASER RADIATION

摘要

A method for separating isotopes of a compound having molecules in the gaseous state which comprises exciting the gas with laser radiation having a frequency capable of exciting a selected isotope thereof, interacting the excited gas with electrons having an energy sufficient to form positive ions therein and separating the ionized molecules from the other molecules in the gas. The invention increases the ionization probability of the molecules which have been brought into a state of vibration and facilitates the subsequent separation process.