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Laser Isotope Separation: Science and Technology

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Many isotopes (stable or radio-active) are widely used for medical therapy, diagnostics, agriculture, food processing and nuclear power generation, to name a few. Isotope separation using lasers constitutes one of the major challenges in research in physics and chemistry. This article traces some of the important initiatives taken at BARC, in India, towards these goals.

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of their LIS colleagues in Laser and Plasma Technology Division and Radiation and Photochemistry Division, BARC. In addition, they would like to put on record special thanks to BARC for continuing support for this activity. SKS would like to thank the DAE for the award of the Raja Ramanna fellowship.

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    P. Mathi, V. Parthasarathy, A. K. Nayak, J. P. Mittal & S. K. Sarkar

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Mathi, P., Parthasarathy, V., Nayak, A.K. et al. Laser Isotope Separation: Science and Technology. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. A Phys. Sci. (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-015-0249-6

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