Publications and Patents*

Publications:


1.“Observations of Laser-induced Fluorescent Cooling of a Solid”, Nature, 377 , 500-503, 1995; Epstein, R. I.,  Buchwald, M. I., Edwards, B. C., Gosnell, T. R. and  Mungan, C. E. (html)
 

2.“Development of a Fluorescent Cryocooler”, Proceedings of the Ninth Annual American Institute of Astronautics & Aeronautics Utah State Conference on Small Satellites, ed. F. Redd, 1996; Edwards, B. C., Buchwald, M. I., Epstein, R., I., Gosnell, T. R. & Mungan, C. E. (html)
 

3.“The Los Alamos Solid-State Optical Refrigerator (LASSOR) Program” ICES Conference Proceedings , 1996; Edwards, B. C.,  Epstein, R. I., Gosnell, T. R.,  & Mungan, C. E.,   Mord, A.  & Eraker, J., Buchwald, M. I. (pdf)
 

4. “Electrochemical Purification of Heavy Metal Fluoride Glasses for Laser-Induced Fluorescent Cooling Applications”, J. of Non-Crystalline Solids, 213, 95-100, 1997; Fajardo, J. C., Sigel, G. H., Jr., Edwards, B. C., Epstein, R., I., Gosnell, T. R. & Mungan, C. E.
 

5. “The Los Alamos Solid-State Optical Refrigerator” in Cryocoolers 9  (Plenum Press New York) ed. R. G. Ross, pp 681-686, 1997; Epstein, R. I., Edwards, B. C., Mungan, C. E., & Buchwald, M. I. (pdf)
 

6. “Spectroscopic Determination of the Expected Optical Cooling of Ytterbium-doped Glass” Mat. Sci. Forum, 239-241, 501-504, 1997; Mungan, C. E., Edwards, B. C., Epstein, R. I., Gosnell, T. R.,  & Buchwald, M. I. (pdf)
 

7. “Laser Cooling of a Solid by 16K Starting from Room Temperature”Phys. Rev. Letters, 78, 1030, 1997; Mungan, C. E., Buchwald, M. I, Edwards, B. C.,  Epstein, R. I. & Gosnell, T. R. (pdf)
 

8.“Internal Laser Cooling of Yb3+-Doped Glass Measured Between 100 and 300 K”Appl. Phys. Lett., 71, 1458-1460, 1997; Mungan, C. E.,  Buchwald,  M. I, Edwards, B. C.,  Epstein, R. I. & Gosnell, T. R. (pdf)
 

9. “Determination of Spectral Linewidths by Voigt Profiles in Yb3+-Doped Fluorozirconate Glasses”Phys. Rev. B, 57, 7673-7678, 1998; Lei,  G.,  Anderson, J. E.,  Buchwald,  M. I, Edwards, B. C. &  Epstein, R. I. (pdf)
 

10.“Development of the Los Alamos Solid-State Optical Refrigerator” Review of Scientific Instruments, 69, 2050-2055, 1998; Edwards, B. C., Buchwald, M. I.,  Epstein, R. I. (pdf)
 

11. “Spectroscopic Evaluation of Yb3+-Doped Glasses for Optical Refrigeration”IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 34, 1839-1845, 1998; Lei,  G.,  Anderson, J. E.,  Buchwald,  M. I, Edwards, B. C., Epstein, R. I., Murtagh, M. T.,  & Sigel, G. H., Jr. (pdf)
 

12. “Spectroscopic Properties of Yb3+-Doped Glasses Important for Optical Refrigeration” in OSA: Trends in Optics and Photonics Series, Vol. 19, Advanced Solid State Lasers, 1998; Lei, G., Buchwald, M. I,  Edwards, B. C. & Epstein, R. I. (pdf)
 

13. “Laser-Induced Fluorescent Cooling of Rare-Earth-Doped Fluoride Glasses”  J. of Non-Crystalline Solids, 253, 50-57, 1999; Murtagh, M. T., Sigel, G.
H., Fajardo, J. C., Jr., Edwards, B. C., & Epstein, R. I.

14. “Compositional Investigation of Yb3+-Doped Heavy Metal Fluoride Glasses for Laser-Induced Fluorescent Cooling Applications”, J. of Non-Crystalline Solids, 257, 207-211, 1999; Murtagh, M. T., Sigel, G. H., Fajardo, J. C., Jr., Edwards, B. C. & Epstein, R. I.
 

15.“Demonstration of a Solid-State Optical Cooler: An Approach to Cryogenic Refrigeration”J. Applied Physics, 86, 6489-6493, 1999; Edwards, B. C., Anderson, J. E., Epstein, R. I., Mills, G. L. & Mord, A. J.  (pdf)
 

16. “Solid-State Optical Cryocooler Development” in Cryocoolers 11  (Plenum Press New York) ed. R. G. Ross, 2001; Edwards, B. C., Anderson, J. E., Epstein, R. I., Hoyt, C. W. & Sheik-Bahae, M. (pdf)
 

17.“Observation of Anti-Stokes Fluorescent Cooling in Thulium-Doped Glass” Phys. Rev. Letters, 85, 3600, 2000; Hoyt, C. W., Sheik-Bahae, M., Epstein, R. I., Edwards, B. C. & Anderson, J. E. (pdf)
 

18.“Measurements of Optical Refrigeration in Ytterbium-Doped Crystals” J. Applied Physics, 90,  4815-4819, 2001;  Epstein, R. I., Edwards, B. C., Brown, J. J. & Gibbs, A. (pdf)
 

19.“Prospects for Laser Cooling of Semiconductors” CLEO/QELS, 2002, Long Beach, California, Sheik-Bahae, M., Hasselbeck, M. P. & Epstein, R. I. (pdf)
 

20.“Advances in Laser Cooling Thulium-Doped Glass” J. Optical Soc. America B , 20, 1066-1074, 2003; Hoyt, C. W., Hasselbeck, M. P., Sheik-Bahae, M.,  Epstein, R. I., Greenfield, S., Thiede, J., Distel, J. & Valencia, J. (pdf)
 

21.“Laser Cooling in Thulium-Doped Solids” Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, May 2003,  Hoyt, C. W. (pfd)
 
 

Patents:
 

1.“Fluorescent Refrigeration”, U.S. Patent #5,447,032; 1995; Epstein, R. I., Edwards, B. C., Buchwald, M. I. and Gosnell, T. R. (pdf)
 

2.“Optical Refrigerator Using Reflectivity Tuned Dielectric Mirrors”, U.S. Patent: #6,041,610; 2000; Edwards, B. C., Buchwald, M. I. & Epstein, R. I. (pdf)
 

3.“Semiconductor-Based Optical Refrigerator”, U.S. Patent #6,378,321; 2002; Epstein, R. I., Edwards, B. C. & Sheik-Bahae, M. (pdf)
 
 

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