Coupling of sunlight into optical fibres and spectral dependence for solar energy applications

Solar Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 235-243

  Arnaoutakis, Georgios E ^a   Marques Hueso, Jose ^a   Mallick, Tapas K ^b   Richards, Bryce S ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatic aberration; Dielectric taper; Optical coupling; Optical fibres; Two stage solar concentrator

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIC ABERRATION; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; OPTICAL COUPLINGS; SECONDARY CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS; SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS;

ABERRATIONS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

SOLAR CONCENTRATORS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84877916220     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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