Double-tailored nonimaging reflector optics for maximum-performance solar concentration

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1977-1984

  Goldstein, Alex ^a   Gordon, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE SPACE METHODS; REFLECTION;

FLUX CONCENTRATION; HIGH COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; MULTIPLE SURFACES; NON-IMAGING; PHASE SPACES; REFLECTIVE OPTICS; SOLAR APPLICATIONS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; TWO MIRRORS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

EID: 77957252673     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.27.001977     Document Type: Article

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