Axially symmetric nonimaging flux concentrators with the maximum theoretical concentration ratio
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America A
- Vol. 4 (1) , 66-68
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josaa.4.000066
Abstract
A combination of a flow-line concentrator and a conventional objective of low numerical aperture can give concentration ratios approaching arbitrarily closely the theoretical geometrical-optics limit.Keywords
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