Abstract

Davis and Gibson liquid filters and a tungsten lamp are used to provide a radiation source that approximates the sun’s irradiation and spectral distribution. The source is particularly useful for investigations of photovoltaic solar energy converters.

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Ultraviolet Spectral Energy Distributions of Natural Sunlight and Accelerated Test Light Sources*

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Luminance of the Sun

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Light Sources and Color Rendering

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Characteristics of a High Solar Conversion Efficiency Gallium Arsenide p-n Junction

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Optical investigation of a sun simulator for concentrator PV applications

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Opt. Express 23(19) A1270-A1279 (2015)