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Herein, the role that point defects have played over the last two decades in realizing solid‐state laser refrigeration is discussed. A brief introduction to the field of solid‐state laser refrigeration is given with an emphasis on the fundamental physical phenomena and quantized electronic transitions that have made solid‐state laser‐cooling possible. Lanthanide‐based point defects, such as trivalent...