Two-axis solar tracking accomplished through small lateral translations

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 6117-6124

  Hallas, Justin M ^a,b   Baker, Katherine A ^a   Karp, Jason H ^a,c   Tremblay, Eric J ^a,d   Ford, Joseph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pacific Integrated Energy   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SOLAR ENERGY;

CONCENTRATOR OPTICS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INCIDENT LIGHT; LENSLET ARRAY; MICRO-TRACKING; REFLECTIVE FACET; SOLAR TRACKING; SYSTEM GEOMETRY;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84866311813     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.006117     Document Type: Article

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