Spectral and global diffuse properties of high-performance translucent polymer sheets for energy efficient lighting and skylights

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3981-3991

  Smith, Geoffrey B ^a   Jonsson, Jacob C ^a   Franklin, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT REFLECTION; RADIATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

POLYMER SHEETS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0042309598     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.003981     Document Type: Article

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