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by SAI_Peregrinus 1081 days ago
Lasers are often used to cool atoms & molecules to extremely low temperatures[1]. Bose-Einstein condensates are made via laser cooling, and it's commonly used in quantum entanglement experiments since it can get the involved particles closer to absolute zero than other methods.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cooling