Optical Refrigeration Expected to Enhance Airborne and Spaceborne Applications (IMAGE)

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Optical Refrigeration Expected to Enhance Airborne and Spaceborne Applications

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Under an AFOSR, MURI grant, a team led by University of New Mexico professor, Dr. Mansoor Sheik-Bahae and graduate student, Dr. Denis Seletskiy created the first-ever cryo (temperatures that can only be obtained by liquefying gases) cooler that can be applied to airborne and spaceborne sensors.

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Sheik-Bahae, University of New Mexico

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