Optical designs for ultrahigh-flux infrared and solar energy collection: Monolithic dielectric tailored edge-ray concentrators

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 34, 1996, Pages 6684-6691

  Friedman, Robert P ^a   Gordon, J M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0009535454     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.006684     Document Type: Article

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