Benefits of glass fibers in solar fiber optic lighting systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 6685-6695

  Volotinen, Tarja T ^a   Lingfors, David H S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GLASS FIBERS; LIGHTING; LIGHTING FIXTURES; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; COLOR RENDERING INDEX; CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE; FIBER-OPTIC LIGHTING; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GLASS OPTICAL FIBERS; TRANSMISSION PROPERTY; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 84884657584     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.006685     Document Type: Article

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