Design of an efficient Fresnel-type lens utilizing double total internal reflection for solar energy collection

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 106, 2012, Pages A1005-A1010

  Wallhead, Ian ^a   Jiménez, Teresa Molina ^a   Ortiz, Jose Vicente García ^b   Toledo, Ignacio Gonzalez ^b   Toledo, Cristóbal Gonzalez ^b  

^a AIDO   (Spain)

^b Vinci Energía Coop V ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; FRESNEL LENS; FRESNEL-TYPE LENS; HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURES; NEW DESIGN; NUMERICAL APERTURE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES;

EID: 84869024198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.0A1005     Document Type: Article

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