Wireless power transmission technology state of the art the first bill brown lecture

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 53, Issue 4-10, 2003, Pages 561-570

  Dickinson, Richard M ^a  

^a OFF EARTH WPT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; MAGNETRONS; MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH;

COHERENT BEAMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LASER LIGHT; WIRELESS POWER;

POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 10644278799     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(03)80017-6     Document Type: Article

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