Email this article Compact Automated CO2-Laser Installation for Separation of Average Mass Isotopes
- Authors: Baev V.M.1, Bodakin L.V.1, Voronkova A.A.1, Vasiliev A.V.1, Kotov S.M.1, Kubasov V.A.1, Pavlenko A.V.1, Podtykan F.P.1, Tomashevich P.V.1, Khukharev V.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
- Issue: Vol 17, No 6 (2023)
- Pages: 454-461
- Section: Lasers & Laser Systems
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/1993-7296/article/view/628904
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22184/1993-7296.FRos.2023.17.6.454.461
- ID: 628904
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A small-scale installation with automated control based on a compact repetitively pulsed CO2 laser has been developed. It is used to isolate the 14C carbon isotope during development of the reactor graphite purification process. The operating principle of the facility is based on the selective multiphoton laser dissociation method. The precise wavelength tuning is ensured by the design of a special diffraction grating assembly with automatic control. It is shown that the setup functions are much broader, and it can be used to separate the average-mass isotopes and other chemical elements.
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V. M. Baev
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Author for correspondence.
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Head of the laboratory – Development of circuit diagrams for automatic control of the laser systems
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgL. V. Bodakin
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Chief specialist – Assembly of the LLI installation gas system, adjustment of the optical cavity and diagnostic path
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgA. A. Voronkova
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Software engineer – Development of the automation concept and the LLI system control algorithm
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgA. V. Vasiliev
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Principal researcher – Optimization of the LLI working gas mixture parameters, bringing to the frequency mode
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgS. M. Kotov
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Principal researcher – Design and manufacture of the high-voltage part of the laser power supply
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgV. A. Kubasov
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Leading researcher, Ph.D. in physics and mathematics – Development of the laser optical circuit, design and selection of the cavity elements (lens, mirrors)
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgA. V. Pavlenko
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Head of the department, Ph.D. in physics and mathematics – General management of the LLI developmental works
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgF. P. Podtykan
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Head of the laboratory – Theoretical substantiation of the possible14C isotope isolation using the experience of work with the13C isotope
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgP. V. Tomashevich
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Project academic supervisor, head of the laboratory – Calculation works for optimization of the LLI output specifications, determination of the radiation energy required for the multiphoton dissociation
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgV. V. Khukharev
Joint Stock Company "NIIEFA named after D.V. Efremov" State Corporation Rosatom
Email: journal@electronics.ru
Leading researcher, Ph.D. in physics and mathematics – Theoretical substantiation of the gas mixture parameters, interaction processes between the laser radiation and freon-22
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgReferences
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