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 synchronised 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.
Claims16
A process for creating isotopes using laser beams, comprising steps of:
- /1/ converting a target to the plasma state,
- /2/ bombarding the target in the plasma state with particles generated using a set of laser beams, the set of laser beams being synchronized with the conversion to the plasma state,
- the fuel and the particles being selected so that the interaction between the target in the plasma state and the particles produces nuclear reactions,
- /3/ recovering isotopes generated by the nuclear reactions.
A system for creating isotopes using laser beams, comprising:
- /1/ ionization means configured in order to convert a target to the plasma state,
- /2/ a set of laser beams configured in order to irradiate the target in the plasma state with particles, the set of laser beams being synchronized with the ionization means,
- the fuel and the particles being selected so that the irradiation of the target in the plasma state with the particles produces nuclear reactions,
- /3/ isotope recovery means configured in order to recover isotopes generated by nuclear reactions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.