Development of analytical laser spectroscopy at the French Atomic Energy Commission

摘要

This paper presents a brief summary of research activities performed at CEA (France) in analytical laser spectroscopy from the early 80s, thanks to the advice and scientific support of Nicol6 Omenetto. The main objective was to develop highly selective and sensitive analytical techniques to meet the needs of the nuclear industry being developed in France at that time and, in particular, the PUREX process of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing. In this context, the use of lasers as excitation source appeared very interesting as demonstrated by the publications of Nicolo Omenetto with co-workers on laser induced atomic fluorescence in various atomization sources [1-3 ].