• DocumentCode
    520204
  • Title

    Laser cooling of a semiconductor load to 165 K

  • Author

    Seletskiy, Denis V. ; Melgaard, Seth D. ; Bigotta, Stefano ; Di Lieto, Alberto ; Tonelli, Mauro ; Sheil-Bahae, Mansoor

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. & Astron. Dept., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate cooling of a 2 micron thick GaAs/InGaP double-heterostructure to 165 K by means of an optical refrigerator. Cooler is comprised of Yb3+-doped YLF crystal, pumped by 9 Watt near E4-E5 Stark manifold transition.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; laser cooling; optical pumping; ytterbium; E4-E5 Stark manifold transition; GaAs-InGaP; YLF:Yb3+; crystal; double-heterostructure; optical refrigerator; power 9 W; semiconductor load laser cooling; temperature 165 K; Cooling; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499771