Solid-state optical refrigeration

MP Hehlen, M Sheik-Bahae, RI Epstein - … on the Physics and Chemistry of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The field of optical refrigeration of lanthanide-doped solids emerged in 1994 with the first
laser cooling of an Yb 3+-doped fluoride glass, and it has recently advanced into the …

Optical refrigeration of Tm: YLF and Ho: YLF crystals

S Rostami, AR Albercht… - … Cooling of Solids, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We report the first observation of laser cooling in 1% doped Tm: YLF by 0.5 K and in 0.8%
doped Ho: YLF crystals by 0.1 K starting from room temperature in air. To achieve this, we …