Refroidisseurs optiques à l'état solide : histoire, état de l'art et potentiel.

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

Résumé

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.

Détails

  • Titre original : All-solid-state optical coolers: history, status, and potential.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 2008-1052
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Date d'édition : 14/06/2006
  • Source : Source : Proc. 14th int. Cryocooler Conf., Annapolis, MD
    539-548; 61 ref.