Creation of isotopes using laser beams
AssigneeEcole Polytechnique
InventorsChristine Labaune, Johann Rafelski
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Abstract
A method for creating isotopes using laser beams, including the steps: 1) placing a target under plasma conditions, 2) bombarding the target under plasma conditions with particles generated using a bundle of laser beams, the bundle of laser beams being synchronized with the development of the plasma conditions, the fuel and the particles being selected in such a way that the interaction between the target under plasma conditions and the particles generates nuclear reactions, and 3) recovering the isotopes generated by the nuclear reactions.
Claims8
A process for creating isotopes using laser beams, comprising steps of:
- /1/ converting a target, comprising a fuel, to a plasma state, and
- /2/ generating particles with a set of laser beams and bombarding the target in the plasma state with the particles wherein:
- the particle generation is synchronized with the target conversion;
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- the bombarding produces nuclear reactions between the fuel and the particles and creates said isotopes.
A process for creating stable isotopes, radioisotopes, or nuclear isomers using laser beams, comprising steps of:
- /1/ converting a target, comprising a fuel, to a plasma state, and
- /2/ generating particles with a set of laser beams and bombarding the target in the plasma state with the particles, wherein:
- the particle generation is synchronized with the target conversion;
- and
- the bombarding produces nuclear reactions between the fuel and the particles and creates said stable isotopes, radioisotopes, or nuclear isomers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.