Nonimaging optical designs for maximum-power-density remote irradiation

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1835-1844

  Feuermann, Daniel ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a   Ries, Harald ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0000178801     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.001835     Document Type: Article

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