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8 m# J/ k% e' C/ Z/ m$ T5 Z/ z # k- O/ t0 Q% Q* mLaser cooling of solids, or optical refrigeration, is attractive as a route to compact, cryogen-free and vibration-free refrigeration devices. Laser cooling, based on removing heat due to blue-shifted emission, has been reported previously in rare-earth-metal-doped glasses and crystals. Now Jun Zhang et al. demonstrate a substantial net laser cooling of a semiconductor CdS nanobelt — by about 40 K from 290 K pumped by a 514-nm laser. This achievement opens up a route to optical refrigeration based on semiconductors, where the mechanisms involve excitonic rather than atomic resonances. Laser cooling media based on II–VI semiconductors are potentially highly efficient, capable of achieving extremely low temperatures and readily integrated into optoelectronic devices. On the cover, a false-colour scanning electron micrograph of a suspended CdS nanobelt with a representation of luminescence up-conversion pumped by a green laser.2 X! c: [0 [8 h9 Y" s; f
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