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Laser cooling of solids
S V Petrushkin and V V Samartsev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- provides a timely review of this promising field of research and discusses the fundamentals and theory of laser cooling
- particular attention is given to the physics of cooling processes and the mathematical description of these processes
- reviews previous experimental investigations in laser cooling and presents progress towards key potential applications
- examines and suggests solutions for a range of problems in the development of miniature solid-state laser refrigerators and self cooling solid-state lasers
Laser cooling is an important emerging technology in such areas as the cooling of semiconductors. The book examines and suggests solutions for a range of problems in the development of miniature solid-state laser refrigerators, self-cooling solid-state lasers and optical echo-processors. It begins by looking at the basic theory of laser cooling before considering such topics as self-cooling of active elements of solid-state lasers, laser cooling of solid-state information media of optical echo-processors, and problems of cooling solid-state quantum processors.
Laser Cooling of Solids is an important contribution to the development of compact laser-powered cryogenic refrigerators, both for the academic community and those in the microelectronics and other industries.
ISBN 1 84569 632 8
ISBN-13: 978 1 84569 632 0
October 2009
236 pages 234 x 156mm hardback
£115.00 / US$195.00 / €145.00
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About the authors
Sergei Petrushkin and Vitaly Samartsev are internationally-known for their research in the field of laser cooling of solids.
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Contents
Thermodynamic fundamentals of fluorescent cooling
- Luminescence
- Radiation entropy
- Electroluminescence
- Photoluminescence
- The paradigm of anti-Stokes cooling
Theory of laser cooling
- Main types of kinetic equations
- The method of hierarchy of Bogolyubov kinetic equations
- Elementary theory of anti-Stokes fluorescence
- Laser cooling of impurity solids
- Superradiance cooling regime
- Peltier phenomenon
Experimental investigations and fundamental restrictions
- Los-Alamos experiment
- Development of a solid-state laser refrigerator
- Generalised refrigerator
- Minimum temperature
- Maximum cooling power
Self-cooling of active elements of solid-state lasers
- Radiation-balanced laser
- Two-impurity laser
Laser cooling of solid-state information media of optical echo-processors
- Magnetic cooling
- Spin locking
- Photon locking
- Narrowing of the uniform width of spectral lines by means of multi-pulse sequences for improving the functioning of echo-processors
- Possibilities of constructing a self-cooling optical processor
Problems of cooling solid-state quantum processors
- From classic optical processors to quantum processors
- Processors functioning on the basis of utilising polarisation states of biphotons
- Solid-state optical quantum echo processes
- Multilevel solid-state quantum processors
- Laser cooling of a semiconductor NMR-quantum computer