Integral design method for nonimaging concentrators

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2106-2116

  Jenkins, D ^a   Winston, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MIRRORS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIOUVILLE THEOREM; NONIMAGING CONCENTRATIONS; RADIANCE DISTRIBUTIONS; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION; VARIABLE ACCEPTANCE EDGE RAY PRINCIPLE;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EID: 0030270347     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.13.002106     Document Type: Article

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