From the Back Cover
Written by leading Russian scientists, including Nobel laureate, A.M. Prokhorov (1916-2002), this first book on this important technology allows an understanding of the physics of atomic vapor laser isotope separation and new photochemical methods of laser isotope separation.
One entire chapter is devoted to chemical reactions of atoms in excited states, while further chapters deal with the separation of isotopes by one photon isotope-selective and coherent isotope-selective two photon excitation of atoms. A final chapter looks at the prospects for the industrial production of isotope products by laser isotope separation.
The whole is rounded off by six appendices:
- Laser isotope separation in atomic vapors
- Laser technique for isotope separation
- Chemical reactions of atoms in excited states
- Isotope separation by single-photon isotope-selective excitation of atom
- Coherent isotope-selective two-photon excitation of atoms
- Prospects for industrial isotope production by methods of laser isotope separation
The Authors
Petr A. Bokhan
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Vladimir V. Buchanov
Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Nikolai V. Fateev
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Mikhail M. Kalugin
Scanning Laser Company, St. Petersburg, Russia
Mishik A. Kazaryan
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Alexander M. Prokhorov (1916-2002) was awarded - jointly with Nikolay G. Basov of the Soviet Union and Charles H. Townes of the United States - the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1964 for fundamental research in quantum electronics. In 1954 Prokhorov became head of the Oscillation Laboratory at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute and subsequently professor at the Moscow State University. In 1983 he founded the General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences any has been recipient of numerous national and international honours and awards. After his death the General Physiscs Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences was renamed 'A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute'.
Dmitrij E. Zakrevskii
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Further titles:
Brown, Thomas G., Creath, Katherine, Kogelnik, Herwig, Kriss, Michael A., Schmit, Joanna, Weber, Marvin J. (eds.)
The Optics Encyclopedia: Basic Foundations and Practical Applications. 5 Volumes.
2003. ISBN 3-527-40320-5.
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
