Optical refrigeration

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 693-699

  Sheik Bahae, Mansoor ^a   Epstein, Richard I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOCOOLERS; OPTICAL REFRIGERATION;

PHOTONICS;

REFRIGERATION;

EID: 36749077129     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.244     Document Type: Article

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