Observation of laser-induced fluorescent cooling of a solid

The experimental realization of net cooling of a solid with radiation is described. The cooling efficiencies achieved are more than 100,000 times those observed in Doppler cooling of gases.

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Published in:Nature (London) 1995-10, Vol.377 (6549), p.500-503
Main Authors: Epstein, Richard I, Buchwald, Melvin I, Edwards, Bradley C, Gosnell, Timothy R, Mungan, Carl E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Astrophysics
Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
Consistency
Cooling
Cooling effects
Doppler
Doppler effect
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Fluorescence
Heating
Optical properties and condensed-matter spectroscopy and other interactions of matter with particles and radiation
Optical pumping
Other solid inorganic materials
Photoluminescence
Physics
Radiation
Thermodynamics
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Summary:The experimental realization of net cooling of a solid with radiation is described. The cooling efficiencies achieved are more than 100,000 times those observed in Doppler cooling of gases.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/377500a0