Very high resolution saturation spectroscopy of lutetium isotopes via cw single-frequency laser resonance ionization mass spectrometry

Conference · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings; (USA)

OSTI ID:5507997

Fearey, B L; Parent, D C; Keller, R A; Miller, C M ^[1]

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1. Isotope and Nuclear Chemistry Group INC-7, Chemical and Laser Sciences Group CLS-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (US)

In this paper, we discuss the use of Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry (RIMS) to perform isotopically selective saturation spectroscopy of lutetium isotopes. Utilizing this technique, it is shown that accurate measurements of the relative frequencies of hyperfine (HF) components for different isotopes easily can be made without the need for an isotopically enriched sample. The precision with which the HF splitting constants can be determined is estimated to be {similar to}5 times greater than in previous work.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5507997
• Report Number(s): CONF-871147--
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings; (USA), Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics) Conference Proceedings; (USA) Vol. 172:1; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPC
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

640302* -- Atomic
Molecular & Chemical Physics-- Atomic & Molecular Properties & Theory
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
HYPERFINE STRUCTURE
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPES
LUTETIUM ISOTOPES
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
RARE EARTH ISOTOPES
RESONANCE IONIZATION MASS SPECTROSCOPY
SPECTROSCOPY