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Isotope separation by selective laser-induced multiphoton infrared excitation of polyatomic molecules is now a reality for a variety of elements (1). In light of this progress, it would be challenging from both a scientific and technological standpoint to develop an efficient laser induced multiphoton isotope separation (MIS) process for the element uranium. The key molecular requirements for MIS are existence of an infrared active normal vibrational mode which exhibits a non-zero isotope shift and which absorbs in the spectral region corresponding to the output of an efficient laser system. To date, most isotope separation has involved irradiation of molecular species with a pulsed, discretely tunable CO2 gas laser having usable spectral output in the 9.2–10.8µ region.
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Cuellar, E.A., Miller, S.S., Teitelbaum, R.C., Marks, T.J., Weitz, E. (1982). Laser Photochemistry of a Uranium Compound Tailored for 10µ Absorption: U(OCH3)6 . In: McCarthy, G.J., Silber, H.B., Rhyne, J.J., Kalina, F.M. (eds) The Rare Earths in Modern Science and Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3406-4_12
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