Design of nonimaging concentrators as second stages in tandem with image-forming first-stage concentrators

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We show how paraboloidal mirrors of short focal ratio and similar systems can have their flux concentration enhanced to near the thermodynamic limit by the addition of nonimaging compound elliptical concentrators.

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Published in: Applied Optics

Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 347-347

DOI: 10.1364/ao.19.000347

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Design of nonimaging concentrators as second stages in tandem with image-forming first-stage concentrators

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