Cylinder light concentrator and absorber: Theoretical description

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16646-16662

  Kildishev, Alexander V ^a   Prokopeva, Ludmila J ^b   Narimanov, Evgenii E ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CYLINDERS (SHAPES); SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION EFFICIENCY; BLACK HOLES; HOMOGENEOUS LAYERS; INCIDENT LIGHT; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; THERMAL LIGHT;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77955648667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016646     Document Type: Article

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