http://aop.osa.org Advances in Optics and Photonics Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST http://metadata.osa.org/rss/infobase/images/aop.gif http://aop.osa.org Optical Society of America © 2012 Optical Society of America 2012-05-16 http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=aop-4-1-78 Denis V. Seletskiy, Markus P. Hehlen, Richard I. Epstein, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae<br/>We review the field of laser cooling of solids, focusing our attention on the recent advances in cryogenic cooling of an ytterbium-doped fluoride crystal (Yb^3+:YLiF_4). Recently, bulk cooling in this material to 155 K has been observed upon excitation near the lowest-energy (E4–E5) ... [Adv. Opt. Photon. 4, 78-107 (2012)] Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST Cryogenic optical refrigeration Denis V. Seletskiy Markus P. Hehlen Richard I. Epstein Mansoor Sheik-Bahae We review the field of laser cooling of solids, focusing our attention on the recent advances in cryogenic cooling of an ytterbium-doped fluoride crystal (Yb^3+:YLiF_4). Recently, bulk cooling in this material to 155 K has been observed upon excitation near the lowest-energy (E4–E5) ... Optical Society of America 2012-03-31 EN doi:10.1364/AOP.4.000078 Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 78-107 © 2012 OSA http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=aop-4-1-1 Ksenia Dolgaleva, Robert W. Boyd<br/>It is well known that the optical response of a medium depends on the local field acting on an individual emitter rather than on the macroscopic average field in the medium. The local field depends very sensitively on the microcopic environment in an optical medium. It is thus possible to achieve a ... [Adv. Opt. Photon. 4, 1-77 (2012)] Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST Local-field effects in nanostructured photonic materials Ksenia Dolgaleva Robert W. Boyd It is well known that the optical response of a medium depends on the local field acting on an individual emitter rather than on the macroscopic average field in the medium. The local field depends very sensitively on the microcopic environment in an optical medium. It is thus possible to achieve a ... Optical Society of America 2012-03-31 EN doi:10.1364/AOP.4.000001 Advances in Optics and Photonics, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 1-77 © 2012 OSA