• DocumentCode
    2672198
  • Title

    Laser cooling thulium-doped glass by 24K from room temperature

  • Author

    Hoyt, C.W. ; Patterson, W. ; Hasselbeck, M.P. ; Sheik-Bahae, M. ; Epstein, R.I. ; Thiede, J. ; Seletskiy, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    790
  • Lastpage
    795
  • Abstract
    Thulium-doped glass is cooled 24 K below ambient by arranging a Brewster-cut sample in a multiple-pass pump geometry. Modelling based on new spectroscopy data predicts the feasibility of achieving cryogenic temperatures.
  • Keywords
    laser cooling; optical glass; thulium; 249 K; Brewster-cut sample; SiO/sub 2/:Tm; cryogenic temperatures; laser cooling; multiple-pass pump geometry; thulium-doped glass; Astronomy; Electronics cooling; Fluorescence; Glass; Laser theory; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Physics; Temperature measurement; Ytterbium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, 2003. QELS. Postconference Digest
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-749-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2003.238174
  • Filename
    1276416