Thermodynamics of light concentrators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 1528, Issue , 1991, Pages 7-14

  Ries, Harald ^a   Smestad, Greg ^b   Winston, Roland ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTI-STOKES; DIFFUSE RADIATION; LIGHT CONCENTRATORS; LUMINESCENT PROCESS; PHOTON ENERGY; REAL SYSTEMS; SELECTIVE FILTERS; SOLID ANGLE;

LIGHT;

EID: 0343801157     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.49126     Document Type: Conference Paper

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