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Fabrication Of An Apparatus For All-Optical Production Of Metastable Krypton, Lindsay M. Thornton
Fabrication Of An Apparatus For All-Optical Production Of Metastable Krypton, Lindsay M. Thornton
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Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA) has made radiokrypton dating of polar ice and groundwater samples a possibility for scientists all over the world, allowing them to date samples further back in time and more accurately than other methods. However, this technique is hampered by the 36-hour cleaning process required for production of metastable-state krypton atoms via a radio-frequency driven plasma. Production of metastable krypton all-optically would dramatically increase the rate at which samples could be measured. Attempts to build an apparatus that could accomplish this have been done in the past but were lacking in aordability and practicality for widespread …