First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler

Markus P. Hehlen; Junwei Meng; Alexander R. Albrecht; Eric R. Lee; Aram Gragossian; Steven P. Love; Christopher E. Hamilton; Richard I. Epstein; Mansoor Sheik-Bahae

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First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler

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- First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 7, Issue 4, Pages: 128-137(2018)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Los Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
  2.Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
- Author bio：
  
  Mansoor Sheik-Bahae (msb@unm.edu)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-018-0028-7
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- Published：2018，
  
  Published Online：06 June 2018，
  
  Received：28 February 2018，
  
  Revised：24 April 2018，
  
  Accepted：24 April 2018
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Hehlen, M. P. et al. First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler. Light: Science & Applications, 4, 128-137 (2018).
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Hehlen, M. P. et al. First demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler. Light: Science & Applications, 4, 128-137 (2018). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-018-0028-7.

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Abstract

Solid-state optical refrigeration uses anti-Stokes fluorescence to cool macroscopic objects to cryogenic temperatures without vibrations. Crystals such as Yb

-doped YLiF

(YLF:Yb) have previously been laser-cooled to 91 K. In this study

we show for the first time laser cooling of a payload connected to a cooling crystal. A YLF:Yb crystal was placed inside a Herriott cell and pumped with a 1020-nm laser (47 W) to cool a HgCdTe sensor that is pa

rt of a working Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrometer to 135 K. This first demonstration of an all-solid-state optical cryocooler was enabled by careful control of the various desired and undesired heat flows. Fluorescence heating of the payload was minimized by using a single-kink YLF thermal link between the YLF:Yb cooling crystal and the copper coldfinger that held the HgCdTe sensor. The adhesive-free bond between YLF and YLF:Yb showed excellent thermal reliability. This laser-cooled assembly was then supported by silica aerogel cylinders inside a vacuum clamshell to minimize undesired conductive and radiative heat loads from the warm surroundings. Our structure can serve as a baseline for future optical cryocooler devices.

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