Cooling materials using interaction with light has come a long way in the past 20 years. Researchers at the recent 2013 Photonics West showed that they can cool new types of materials and more can be expected in the future using new approaches.
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Pile, D. Solid cooling. Nature Photon 7, 348–349 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.113
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.113