DocumentCode
421433
Title
Observation of optical refrigeration in Tm/sup 3+/:BaY/sub 2/F/sub 8/
Author
Patterson, W. ; Hasselbeck, M.P. ; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor ; Bigotta, S. ; Parisi, D. ; Toncelli, A. ; Tonelli, M. ; Epstein, R.I. ; Thiede, J.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We report the first experimental demonstration of laser cooling with thulium-doped BaY/sub 2/F/sub 8/. Cooling by /spl sim/1.5 K below ambient temperature is obtained at /spl lambda/ = 1.902 /spl mu/m in a single pass geometry.
Keywords
barium compounds; laser cooling; optical materials; thulium; 1.902 mum; 291.5 K; BaY/sub 2/F/sub 8/:Tm; laser cooling; optical refrigeration; single pass geometry; thulium-doped BaY/sub 2/F/sub 8/;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360623
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