Flat Fresnel doublets made of PMMA and PC: Combining low cost production and very high concentration ratio for CPV

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 103, 2011, Pages A280-A294

  Languy, Fabian ^a   Fleury, Karl ^b   Lenaerts, Cédric ^b   Loicq, Jérôme ^b   Regaert, Donat ^c   Thibert, Tanguy ^b   Habraken, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Spatial de Liège ^*  (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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EID: 85010120479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00A280     Document Type: Article

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