Ultrasensitive Isotope Trace Analyses with a Magneto-Optical Trap

作者: CY Chen , YM Li , K Bailey , TP O'connor , L Young

DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.286.5442.1139

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摘要: Laser manipulation of neutral atoms has been used to count individual krypton-85 and krypton-81 present in a natural krypton gas sample with isotopic abundances the range 10−11and 10−13, respectively. This method isotope trace analysis is free contamination from other isotopes elements can be applied several different tracers for wide applications. The demonstrated detection efficiency 1 × 10−7. System improvements could increase by many orders magnitude.

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