US Patent Issued on Dec. 16 for "Methods for spectrally-selective laser circulation for cryogenic optical refrigeration" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,386, issued on Dec. 16.

"Methods for spectrally-selective laser circulation for cryogenic optical refrigeration" was invented by Mansoor Sheik-Bahae (Albuquerque, N.M.), Alexander Robert Albrecht (Albuquerque, N.M.), Azzurra Volpi (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Jackson Kock (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser cooling system and a method of laser cooling are disclosed. The laser cooling system includes a multi-pass optical cavity; a first mirror positioned at a first end of the multi-pass optical cavity; and a second mirror positioned at a second end of the multi-pass optical cavity, wherein the first mirror or the seco...