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Title: Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime

Abstract

We report that since the first demonstration of net cooling twenty years ago, optical refrigeration of solids has progressed to outperform all other solid-state cooling processes. It has become the first and only solid-state refrigerator capable of reaching cryogenic temperatures, and now the first solid-state cooling below 100 K. Such substantial progress required a multi-disciplinary approach of pump laser absorption enhancement, material characterization and purification, and thermal management. Here we present the culmination of two decades of progress, the record cooling to ≈91K from room temperature.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2]
  1. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1259500
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1266814
Grant/Contract Number:  
FA9550-15-1-0241; FA94531310223; FA9550-13-C-0006; AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; fluorescence resonance energy transfer; other photonics

Citation Formats

Melgaard, Seth D., Albrecht, Alexander R., Hehlen, Markus P., and Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor. Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1038/srep20380.
Melgaard, Seth D., Albrecht, Alexander R., Hehlen, Markus P., & Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor. Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20380
Melgaard, Seth D., Albrecht, Alexander R., Hehlen, Markus P., and Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor. Fri . "Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20380. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1259500.
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title = {Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime},
author = {Melgaard, Seth D. and Albrecht, Alexander R. and Hehlen, Markus P. and Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor},
abstractNote = {We report that since the first demonstration of net cooling twenty years ago, optical refrigeration of solids has progressed to outperform all other solid-state cooling processes. It has become the first and only solid-state refrigerator capable of reaching cryogenic temperatures, and now the first solid-state cooling below 100 K. Such substantial progress required a multi-disciplinary approach of pump laser absorption enhancement, material characterization and purification, and thermal management. Here we present the culmination of two decades of progress, the record cooling to ≈91K from room temperature.},
doi = {10.1038/srep20380},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2016}
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