Open AccessNominally stationary high-concentration solar optics by gradient-index lenses
Author(s) -
Panagiotis Kotsidas,
Vijay Modi,
Jeffrey M. Gordon
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.19.002325
Subject(s) - optics , refractive index , materials science , geometrical optics , nonimaging optics , solar energy , physics , ecology , biology
It is shown how novel solutions for realistic gradient-index lenses create the possibility of nominally stationary solar photovoltaic concentrators capable of daylong averaged flux concentration levels of order 10(3).
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