Demonstration of optical cooling in semiconductor quantum dots (IMAGE)

Chiba University

Demonstration of optical cooling in semiconductor quantum dots

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Researchers from Japan experimentally demonstrate how perovskite quantum dots contained in a crystal lattice can reach temperatures of about 10 K below room temperature via optical cooling, paving the way for energy-efficient cooling technologies

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Dr. Yasuhiro Yamada from Chiba University, Japan

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