Effect on the output of a luminescent solar concentrator on application of organic wavelength-selective mirrors

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 745-751

  Debije, Michael G ^a   Van, My Phung ^a   Verbunt, Paul P C ^a   Kastelijn, Maud J ^c   Van Der Blom, Rudy H L ^a   Broer, Dirk J ^a   Bastiaansen, Cees W M ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Polymer Technology Group Eindhoven BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWCHARTING; LIGHT; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LUMINESCENCE; MIRRORS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

CHIRAL NEMATICS; CHOLESTERIC MIRROR; FLUORESCENT DYES; LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; REFLECTION BANDS; SCATTERING BACKGROUND; WAVEGUIDE SURFACES; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE;

CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 76649083304     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.000745     Document Type: Article

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