Planar micro-optic solar concentrator

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1122-1133

  Karp, Jason H ^a   Tremblay, Eric J ^a   Ford, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

COUPLING FEATURE; LENS ARRAY; LOCALIZED FEATURES; MODERATE CONCENTRATION; NEW APPROACHES; OPTICAL EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZED DESIGNS; SELF-ALIGNED; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; THROUGH THE LENS;

LENSES;

EPOXIDE; POLYMER; SU 8 COMPOUND; SU-8 COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LENSES; MINIATURIZATION; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 75249095754     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001122     Document Type: Article

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