Solid-state optical refrigeration to sub-100 Kelvin regime

Melgaard, Seth D.; Albrecht, Alexander R.; Hehlen, Markus P.; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor

doi:10.1038/srep20380

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

Journal Article · Fri Feb 05 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep20380· OSTI ID:1259500

Melgaard, Seth D. ^[1]; Albrecht, Alexander R. ^[2]; Hehlen, Markus P. ^[3]; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor ^[2]

Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Air Force Research Lab. (AFRL), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

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.

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Research Organization:: 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 Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FA9550-15-1-0241; FA94531310223; FA9550-13-C-0006; AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1259500

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1266814

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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