Development of the ultra-light stretched lens array

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 916-919

  O'Neill, M J ^a   McDanal, A J ^a   George, P J ^b   Piszczor, M F ^b   Edwards, D L ^c   Hoppe, D T ^c   Eskenazi, M I ^d   Botke, M M ^d   Jaster, P A ^e   Brandhorst, H W ^f  

^a ENTECH Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; RADIATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARRAY LEVEL OPTIMIZATION; SPACE ENVIRONMENT EXPOSURE TESTING; ULTRALIGHT STRETCHED LENS ARRAY;

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS;

EID: 0036954041     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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