Complementary construction of ideal nonimaging concentrators and its applications

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 28, 1996, Pages 5677-5682

  Gordon, J M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Edge ray principle; Nonimaging optics; Radiation concentrator; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142300249     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.005677     Document Type: Article

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