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Chinese Optics Letters

Mechanism of refrigeration cycle on laser cooling of solids

Youhua Jia Youhua Jia, Biao Zhong, Jianping Yin Jianping Yin

Published Jan 1, 2012• 2 citations
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Abstract

A simple model is developed to study the laser cooling of solids.The condition of laser cooling of a solid is developed.By using some parameters of the Yb 3+ ion, which is most widely used in laser cooling, we then calculate the cooling power and the cooling efficiency.In order to make a more precise analysis, the effect of fluorescent reabsorption, which is unavoidable in the cooling process, is discussed using the random walk model.Taking Tm 3+ ion as an example, we derive the average number of absorption events and determine the change in quantum efficiency due to reabsorption.Finally, we obtain the red-shift of the fluorescent wavelength and the requirement of sample dimension.

DOI
10.3788/col201210.031401

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