• DocumentCode
    1689232
  • Title

    Intracavity laser cooling using a VECSEL

  • Author

    Albrecht, Alexander R. ; Seletskiy, Denis V. ; Hains, Christopher P. ; Cederberg, Jeffrey G. ; Lieto, Alberto Di ; Tonelli, Mauro ; Balakrishnan, Ganesh ; Sheik-Bahae, Mansoor

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. & Astron. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate intracavity laser cooling inside of a VECSEL, where the temperature of a Yb:YLF crystal was lowered by 20 K. We outline future improvements, striving towards a compact, efficient cryocooler device.
  • Keywords
    surface emitting lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; VECSEL; YLF:Yb; Yb:YLF crystal; cryocooler device; intracavity laser cooling; temperature 20 K; Cavity resonators; Cooling; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Temperature measurement; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327009