Full landscape of aplanatic optics for concentration near the thermodynamic limit

Natalia Ostroumov; Jeffrey M. Gordon; Daniel Feuermann

doi:10.1117/12.824189

20 August 2009 Full landscape of aplanatic optics for concentration near the thermodynamic limit

Natalia Ostroumov, Jeffrey M. Gordon, Daniel Feuermann

Proceedings Volume 7423, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration VI; 74230B (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824189
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Originally developed to ameliorate image quality, aplanatic optics were only recently analyzed as maximumperformance light-transfer systems with concentration approaching the fundamental limit. A basic categorization scheme is presented that appears to cover the full spectrum of aplanatic designs, illustrated for far-field dual-mirror concentrators and motivated by high-irradiance solar applications. Several previously unrecognized classes of concentrators are identified.

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Natalia Ostroumov, Jeffrey M. Gordon, and Daniel Feuermann "Full landscape of aplanatic optics for concentration near the thermodynamic limit", Proc. SPIE 7423, Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration VI, 74230B (20 August 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824189

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