Anamorphic concentration of solar radiation beyond the one-dimensional thermodynamic limit

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 3963-3967

  Hasman, Erez ^b   Khaykovich, Lev ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; LIGHT SOURCES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANAMORPHIC CONCENTRATION;

SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0001690541     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.003963     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. R. Winston and W. T. Weldford, High Collection Nonimaging Optics (Academic, New York, 1989).
2. R. Winston, I. M. Bassett, W. T. Welford, and R. Winston, “Nonimaging optics for flux concentration,” in Progress in Optics, E. Wolf, ed. (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989), Vol. 27, pp. 161-226.
3. I. Pe’er, N. Naftali, and A. Yogev, “High-power solar-pumped Nd:YAG laser amplifier for free-space laser communication,” in Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV, R. Winston, ed. Proc. SPIE 3139, 194-204 (1997).
4. E. Hasman, S. Keren, N. Davidson, and A. A. Friesem, “Threedimensional optical metrology with color-coded extended depth of focus,” Opt. Lett. 24, 439-441 (1999).
5. N. Davidson, L. Khaykovich, and E. Hasman, “High-resolution spectrometers for diffuse light using anamorphic concentration,” Opt. Lett. 24, 1835-1837 (1999).
6. Th. Graf and J. E. Balmer, “High-power Nd:YLF laser end pumped by a diode-laser bar,” Opt. Lett. 18, 1317-1319 (1993).
7. J. R. Leger and W. C. Goltsos, “Geometric transformation of linear diode-laser arrays for longitudinal pumping of solid state lasers,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 28, 1088-1100 (1992).
8. N. Davidson and A. A. Friesem, “Concentration and collimation of diffuse linear light source,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 62, 334-336 (1993).
9. S. Yamaguchi, T. Kobayashi, Y. Saito, and K. Chiba, “Collimation of emissions from a high-power multistripe laser-diode bar with multiprism array coupling and focusing to a small spot,” Opt. Lett. 20, 898-900 (1995).
10. B. Ehlers, K. Du, M. Baumann, H.-G. Treusch, P. Loosen, and R. Poprawe, “Beam shaping and fiber coupling of high-power diode laser arrays,” in Lasers in Material Processing, L. H. Beckmann, ed., Proc. SPIE 3097, 639-644 (1997).
11. M. Baumann, B. Ehlers, M. Quade, K. Du, H.-G. Treusch, P. Loosen, and R. Poprawe, “Compact fiber-coupled high-power diode-laser unit,” in Lasers in Material Processing, L. H. Beckmann, ed., Proc. SPIE 3097, 712-716 (1997).
12. M. Brunotte, A. Goetzberger, and U. Blieske, “Two-stage concentrator permitting concentration factors up to 300X with one-axis tracing,” Solar Energy 56, 285-300 (1996).