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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard I. Epstein, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Bradley C. Edwards, Nekoosa, WI (US);
Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Los Alamos, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 2/100 ; F25D 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 2/100 ; F25D 2/300 ;
Abstract
Optical refrigerators using semiconductor material as a cooling medium, with layers of material in close proximity to the cooling medium that carries away heat from the cooling material and preventing radiation trapping. In addition to the use of semiconducting material, the invention can be used with ytterbium-doped glass optical refrigerators.