Abstract
We report a milestone in optical refrigeration, cooling a 10% Yb:YLF crystal to 93K (ΔT~180K); obtaining the coldest solid-state temperature to date. Identification of transition metal impurities via mass spectrometry allows further cooling through purification.
© 2014 Optical Society of America
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