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We analyze $^{12}$CO($J$=2-1), $^{13}$CO($J$=2-1), C$^{18}$O ($J$=2-1), and1.3 mm continuum maps of the $\rho$ Ophiuchi A photo-dissociation region (PDR)obtained with ALMA. Layered structures of the three CO isotopologues with anangular separation of 10 arcsec = 6.6$\times$10$^{-3}$ pc = 1400 au are clearlydetected around the Be star, S1 (i.e., each front of emission shifts from thenear to far side in order of $^{12}$CO, $^{13}$CO, and C$^{18}$O). We estimatethe spatial variations of $X$($^{13}$CO)/$X$(C$^{18}$O) abundance ratios, andfind that the abundance ratio is as high as 40 near the emission front, anddecreases to the typical value in the solar system of 5.5 in a small angularscale of 4 arcsec = 2.6$\times$10$^{-3}$ pc = 560 au. We also find that the$I$($^{12}$CO(2-1))/$I$($^{13}$CO(2-1)) intensity ratio is very high ($>$21) inthe flat-spectrum young stellar object, GY-51, located in the PDR. Theenhancement of the ratios indicates that the UV radiation significantly affectsthe CO isotopologues via selective dissociation in the overall $\rho$ OphiuchiA PDR, and that the $\rho$ Ophiuchi A PDR has a plane-parallel structure.

ALMA observations of layered structures due to CO selective dissociation in the $\rho$ Ophiuchi A plane-parallel PDR