Project Description:
Laser cooling of electronics over short timescales using halide perovskites photonic crystals. A pump laser is used to excite Quantum dots embedded in a matrix that fluoresce higher energy photons than they are excited with, the energy difference is made up by phonons or heat in the crystals creating a cooling effect. This method has advantages for cooling requirements for small scale high power density application like hotspots in on modern computer chips. Our design takes previous research on a high performance halide perovskite quantum dot system and adds an optically transparent thermally conductive matrix for cooling applications.
