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Wave packet isotope separation

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3518
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
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Abstract
We introduce and demonstrate a general wave packet method for laser isotope separation. In this scheme, laser excited molecular (or atomic) wave packets of differing isotopes become spatially separated in the course of their long-time free evolution. In order to overcome the quantum spreading of wave packets, we make use of the phenomenon of revivals. We demonstrate experimentally, with mixed 79Br2/81Br2 isotopes, that significant control over the isotope ratio can be achieved in a single shot.
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  • Physical Review Letters 77, no. 17 (21 October 1996): 3518–.
LanguageEnglish
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NPARC number12339309
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