Ion production by IR laser irradiation of polyatomic molecules and electric isotope separation
Akulin V.M. , Alimpiev S.S., Karlov N.V., Karpov N.A., Petrov Yu.N. , Prokhorov A.M. , Shelepin L.A.
The presence of a quasicontinuous sequence of levels of polyatomic molecules with high degree of excitation explains the effect of "instantaneous" dissociation and leads to the conclusion that the "instantaneous" ion production can occur when an intense IR laser radiation acts on molecules. This effect can be used for isotope separation.