Tailored imaging optics for concentration and illumination at the thermodynamic limit

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5529, Issue , 2004, Pages 130-139

  Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a   Feuermann, Daniel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; FUNCTIONS; LENSES; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHTING; MIRRORS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

IMAGING OPTICS; NONIMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SURFACES; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 15744387173     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.557872     Document Type: Conference Paper

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