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Realizable planar gradient-index solar lenses |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 7, pp. 1235-1237 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.001235
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Abstract
The design of single element planar hemispherical gradient-index solar lenses that can accommodate the constraints of realistic materials and fabrication techniques are presented, and simulated with an extended and polychromatic solar source for concentrator photovoltaics at flux concentration values exceeding 1000 suns. The planar hemispherical far-field lens is created from a near-field unit magnification spherical gradient-index design, and illustrated with an
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OCIS Codes
(110.2760) Imaging systems : Gradient-index lenses
(220.1770) Optical design and fabrication : Concentrators
(350.6050) Other areas of optics : Solar energy
ToC Category:
Imaging Systems
History
Original Manuscript: December 19, 2011
Revised Manuscript: January 31, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: January 31, 2012
Published: March 27, 2012
Citation
Panagiotis Kotsidas, Vijay Modi, and Jeffrey M. Gordon, "Realizable planar gradient-index solar lenses," Opt. Lett. 37, 1235-1237 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-7-1235
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