Author:
Topper Brian,Kuhn Stefan,Neumann Alexander,Albrecht Alexander R.,Flores Angel S.,Häoner Denny,Hein Sigrun,Hupel Christian,Nold Johannes,Haarlammert Nicoletta,Schreiber Thomas,Sheik-Bahae Mansoor,Mafi Arash
Abstract
Laser cooling of ytterbium doped silica to an absolute temperature of 229 K has been achieved. The experimental results strongly support the utility of optically cooling silica as a method of mitigating thermal nonlinearities.