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All-solid-state optical coolers: history, status, and potential.

Author(s) : MUNGAN C. E., BUCHWALD M. I.

Summary

Recent experiments and theoretical models relevant to optical cooling of bulk matter are reviewed. A new derivation of the cooling efficiency, accounting both for the escape probability and the saturation intensity, is developed. Applications to an optical refrigerator and a radiation-balanced solid-state laser are considered. An overview is given of results and ideas pertaining to fluorescent cooling of rare-earth-doped solids, semiconductors, fluids, and other potential cooling materials, including the basic thermodynamics of the process.

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  • Original title: All-solid-state optical coolers: history, status, and potential.
  • Record ID : 2008-1052
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 2006/06/14
  • Source: Source: Proc. 14th int. Cryocooler Conf., Annapolis, MD
    539-548; 61 ref.

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