First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler

Hehlen, Markus P.; Meng, Junwei; Albrecht, Alexander R.; Lee, Eric R.; Gragossian, Aram; Love, Steven P.; Hamilton, Christopher E.; Epstein, Richard I.; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor

doi:10.1038/s41377-018-0028-7

Title: First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler

Journal Article · Wed Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Light, Science & Applications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-018-0028-7· OSTI ID:1457311

^[1]; Meng, Junwei ^[2]; Albrecht, Alexander R. ^[2]; Lee, Eric R. ^[2];

^[2]; Love, Steven P. ^[3]; Hamilton, Christopher E. ^[3]; Epstein, Richard I. ^[2]; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor ^[2]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Physics & Astronomy
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Solid-state optical refrigeration uses anti-Stokes fluorescence to cool macroscopic objects to cryogenic temperatures without vibrations. Crystals such as Yb³⁺-doped YLiF₄ (YLF:Yb) have previously been laser-cooled to 91 K. In this study, we show for the first time laser cooling of a payload connected to a cooling crystal. A YLF:Yb crystal was placed inside a Herriott cell and pumped with a 1020-nm laser (47 W) to cool a HgCdTe sensor that is part of a working Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer to 135 K. This first demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler was enabled by careful control of the various desired and undesired heat flows. Fluorescence heating of the payload was minimized by using a single-kink YLF thermal link between the YLF:Yb cooling crystal and the copper coldfinger that held the HgCdTe sensor. The adhesive-free bond between YLF and YLF:Yb showed excellent thermal reliability. This laser-cooled assembly was then supported by silica aerogel cylinders inside a vacuum clamshell to minimize undesired conductive and radiative heat loads from the warm surroundings. Our structure can serve as a baseline for future optical cryocooler devices.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; FA9550-15-1-024; FA9550-16-1-0362

OSTI ID:: 1457311

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-20886

Journal Information:: Light, Science & Applications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2047-7538

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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