Optical frequency optimization of a high intensity laser power beaming system utilizing VMJ photovoltaic cells

2011 International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications, ICSOS'11

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 232-238

  Raible, Daniel E ^a   Dinca, Dragos ^a   Nayfeh, Taysir H ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

Author keywords

electric propulsion; high intensity lasers; laser; laser power beaming; photovoltaic; vertical multi junction cells; VMJ cells; wireless power transmission

Indexed keywords

HIGH INTENSITY LASERS; LASER POWER BEAMING; MULTI-JUNCTION CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; VMJ CELLS; WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION;

CELLS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; NASA; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER QUALITY; POWER TRANSMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 79959382460     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSOS.2011.5783675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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