Abstract
Irradiating a sample of a luminescent material into the low energy tail of the first electronic absorption band generates anti-Stokes luminescence and provides a means of removing thermal energy from the sample and thus lowering its temperature. A recent study of the molecular dye, rhodamine 101, dissolved in acidified ethanol has shown this novel, optical cooling effect. We examine the merits of using dye molecules and discuss how these can be modified to provide a suitable material that can be used as a cooling medium in an optical refrigerator. The issues of Stokes loss, re-absorption, excited state lifetime and radiative energy transfer in the context of optimizing the intrinsic cooling efficiency of the material are also discussed.
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Rumbles, G., Heeg, B., Lloyd, J.L., De Barber, P.A., Tomlinson, B.J. (2002). Optical Refrigeration Using Anti-Stokes Fluorescence from Molecular Dyes. In: Ross, R.G. (eds) Cryocoolers 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47112-4_77
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