Efficiency of a micro-bubble reflector based, self-adaptive waveguide solar concentrator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8620, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zagolla, V ^a   Tremblay, E ^a   Moser, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

opto fluidics; self adaptive; solar concentration; vapor bubbles

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FACTORS; OPTO-FLUIDICS; PLANAR CONCENTRATORS; SELF-ADAPTIVE; SELF-ADAPTIVE MECHANISMS; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; VAPOR BUBBLE;

FLUIDICS; LIGHT; LIQUIDS; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; VAPORS;

WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84878561664     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2003687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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