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Nature Photonics

Laser cooling of solids to cryogenic temperatures

Denis V. Seletskiy, Seth D. Melgaard, Stefano Bigotta, Alberto Di Lieto, Mauro Tonelli, Mansoor Sheik‐Bahae

Published Jan 17, 2010• 312 citations
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10.1038/nphoton.2009.269

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