This review presents the results on isotopically selective photoionization of lutetium using tunable dye lasers pumped by copper vapor lasers as applied to the problem of obtaining the 177Lu radionuclide for medical applications.
Keywords: selective photoionization, laser isotope separation, 177Lu DOI:10.3367/UFNe.2021.12.039140 Citation: Dyachkov A B, Gorkunov A A, Labozin A V, Mironov S M, Firsov V A, Tsvetkov G O, Panchenko V Ya "Isotopically selective photoionization for the production of the medical radioisotope $177Lu" Phys. Usp., accepted
Received: 2nd, November 2021, revised: 17th, December 2021, accepted: 21st, December 2021