Author:
Thomas Jyothis,Meyneng Thomas,Gregoroire Nicolas,Monet Frederic,Tehranchi Amirhossein,Seletskiy Denis,Messaddeq Younès,Kashyap Raman
Abstract
Solid-state laser cooling in a novel highly ytterbium doped silica glass is demonstrated for the first time. Temperature change of -0.5 K from room temperature is observed with 7 W of 1030 nm pump.