Cylindrical concentrators as a limit case of toroidal concentrators
- 15 June 1984
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 23 (12) , 2017-2020
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.23.002017
Abstract
Cylindrical concentrators are viewed as a limit case of toroidal concentrators with the purpose of applying to them some results obtained for axisymmetrical optical systems. This enables us to obtain easily the directional intercept factor of a cylindrical nonimaging concentrator called the Ideal Tubular Concentrator. A useful tool for designing new cylindrical concentrators is also derived.Keywords
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