Edited by the two top experts in the field with a panel of International contributors, this is a comprehensive up-to-date review of research and applications. S

In the recent decades, laser cooling or optical refrigeration—a physical process by which a system loses its thermal energy as a result of interaction with la

Composed of papers written by leading engineers and scientists in the field, this valuable collection reports the most recent advances in cryocooler development

The last two years have witnessed a continuation in the breakthrough shift toward pulse tube cryocoolers for long-life, high-reliability cryocooler applications

We report that since the first demonstration of net cooling twenty years ago, optical refrigeration of solids has progressed to outperform all other solid-state