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Autori principali: Eastham, Paul R., Murphy, Conor N., Tude, Luisa Toledo
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.13559
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author Eastham, Paul R.
Murphy, Conor N.
Tude, Luisa Toledo
author_facet Eastham, Paul R.
Murphy, Conor N.
Tude, Luisa Toledo
contents The established approach to laser cooling of solids relies on anti-Stokes fluorescence, for example from rare earth impurities in glass. Although successful, there is a minimum temperature to which such a process can cool set by the electronic level spacing in the impurity. We propose an alternative method which does not suffer from this limitation. Our approach relies on the formation of dressed states under strong laser driving, which generates a spectrum in which the gaps can be tuned to optimize the heat absorption. This allows for a cooling cycle which operates at any temperature with a power comparable to the maximum dictated by thermodynamic principles. While this cooling cycle will compete with heating due to non-radiative decay and other mechanisms, it could in principle allow laser cooling to temperatures which are unachievable with anti-Stokes fluorescence.
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spellingShingle Overcoming temperature limitations in laser cooling using dressed states and diamond vacancies
Eastham, Paul R.
Murphy, Conor N.
Tude, Luisa Toledo
Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
The established approach to laser cooling of solids relies on anti-Stokes fluorescence, for example from rare earth impurities in glass. Although successful, there is a minimum temperature to which such a process can cool set by the electronic level spacing in the impurity. We propose an alternative method which does not suffer from this limitation. Our approach relies on the formation of dressed states under strong laser driving, which generates a spectrum in which the gaps can be tuned to optimize the heat absorption. This allows for a cooling cycle which operates at any temperature with a power comparable to the maximum dictated by thermodynamic principles. While this cooling cycle will compete with heating due to non-radiative decay and other mechanisms, it could in principle allow laser cooling to temperatures which are unachievable with anti-Stokes fluorescence.
title Overcoming temperature limitations in laser cooling using dressed states and diamond vacancies
topic Quantum Physics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.13559