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Title: Semiconductor-based optical refrigerator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:874374

Optical refrigerators using semiconductor material as a cooling medium, with layers of material in close proximity to the cooling medium that carries away heat from the cooling material and preventing radiation trapping. In addition to the use of semiconducting material, the invention can be used with ytterbium-doped glass optical refrigerators.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
US 6378321
OSTI ID:
874374
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

External radiative quantum efficiency of 96% from a GaAs / GaInP heterostructure journal January 1997
Cooling of a semiconductor by luminescence up-conversion journal August 1999

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