1. Edition - April 2009
149.- Euro
2009. XVI, 242 Pages, Hardcover
125 Fig., 7 Tab. 
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 3-527-40876-2
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-40876-4 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin






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Sample Chapter

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Short description
Covers the rapidly growing research areas in laser refrigeration. Starting with basic principles, it discusses theoretical issues and growth and evaluation issues of suitable high purity materials, and examines the design and applications of practical cryocoolers.

From the contents
1. Optical Refrigeration in Solids: Fundamentals and Overview (Richard Epstein, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae)
2. Design and Fabrication of Rare-Earth-Doped Laser Cooling Materials (Markus Hehlen)
3. Laser Cooling in Fluoride Single Crystals (Stefano Bigotta, Mauro Tonelli)
4. Er-doped Materials for Solid-State Cooling (Joaquin Fernandez, Angel Garcia-Adeva, Rolindes Balda)
5. Laser Refrigerator Design and Applications (Gary Mills, Mel Buchwald)
6. Microscopic Theory of Luminescence and its Application to Optical Refrigeration of Semiconductors (Greg Rupper, Nai H. Kwong, Rolf Binder)
7. Improving the Efficiency of Laser Cooling of Semiconductors by Means of Bandgap Engineering in Electronic and Photonic Domains (Jacob Khurgin)
8. Thermodynamics of Optical Cooling of Bulk Matter (Carl E. Mungan)