Optimization of tapered fiber sample for laser cooling of solids

Galina Nemova; Raman Kashyap

doi:10.1117/12.807868

9 February 2009 Optimization of tapered fiber sample for laser cooling of solids

Galina Nemova, Raman Kashyap

Proceedings Volume 7228, Laser Refrigeration of Solids II; 72280J (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807868
Event: SPIE OPTO: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

The physical mechanism of radiation cooling by anti-Stokes fluorescence was originally proposed in 1929 and experimentally observed in solid materials in 1995 by Epstein's research team in ytterbium-doped ZBLANP glass. Some specific combinations of the ions, host materials, and the wavelength of the incident radiation can provide anti-Stokes interaction resulting in phonon absorption accompanied by the cooling of the host material. Although the optical cooling of the Yb³⁺-doped ZBLANP sample was already observed there are broad possibilities for its improvement to increase the temperature-drop of the sample by optimization of the geometrical parameters of the cooling sample. We propose a theoretical model for an optimized tapered fiber structure for use as a sample in anti-Stokes laser cooling of solids. This tapered fiber has a fluorozirconate glass ZBLANP with a core doped with Yb³⁺ or Tm³⁺ ions. As evident from the results of our work, the appropriate choice of the fiber core and the fiber cladding radii can significantly increase the temperature-drop of the sample for any fixed pump power. The value of the maximum of the temperature-drop of the sample increases with an increase in the pump power. The depletion of the pump power causes a temperature gradient along the length of the cooled sample.

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Galina Nemova and Raman Kashyap "Optimization of tapered fiber sample for laser cooling of solids", Proc. SPIE 7228, Laser Refrigeration of Solids II, 72280J (9 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807868

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