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1997 Proceedings

The proceedings of Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV have been published in Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 3139, edited by Roland Winston .

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Proceedings at a Glance

7

Sessions

28

Published Papers

Explore the published papers and presentations from the 1997 Nonimaging Optics conference, which was organized on 27 July - 1 August 1997 in San Diego, CA, United States.

Papers and Presentations

Theory

Reflectors for uniform far-field irradiance: fundamental limits and example of an axisymmetric solution

Jeffrey M. Gordon ; Ari Rabl

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Maximum-performance fiber optic irradiation with nonimaging designs

Yueping Fang ; Daniel Feuermann ; Jeffrey M. Gordon

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Design of CPC-like reflectors within the simultaneous multiple-surface design method

Pablo Benitez ; Ruben Mohedano Arroyo ; Juan Carlos Minano ; Raphael Garcia ; Juan-Carlos Gonzalez

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Nonrotationally symmetric nonimaging systems that overcome the flux-transfer performance limit imposed by skewness conservation

Narkis E. Shatz ; John C. Bortz ; Harald Ries ; Roland Winston

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Manipulating the generalized radiance and measuring the instrument function

Robert G. Littlejohn ; Yu P. Sun ; Roland Winston

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Highly efficient illuminators as Liouville transformers

Tomasz P. Jannson ; Andrew A. Kostrzewski ; Stephen A. Kupiec ; Joanna L. Jannson ; Alexander Rizkin ; Michael A. Gruntman

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Radiance increase in nonimaging optics

Andrew V. Shepelev

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Devices

Manufacturing tolerances for nonimaging concentrators

Pablo Benitez ; Ruben Mohedano Arroyo ; Juan Carlos Minano

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Practical application of nonimaging collectors to obtain uniform irradiance on targets at a finite distance

John D. Kuppenheimer Jr. ; Robert I. Lawson

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Uniform high-efficiency condenser for projection systems

Vladimir Medvedev ; William A. Parkyn ; David G. Pelka

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New TIR lens applications for light-emitting diodes

William A. Parkyn ; David G. Pelka

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Beam shape transforming devices in high-efficiency projection systems

Benjamin A. Jacobson ; Robert D. Gengelbach ; John M. Ferri

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Method of conception and use of calculation tools for optimization of visible and IR systems to increase efficiency and reduce ghost image and scattering effects

Gilles Mathieu ; Terry D. Ferguson

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Solar Energy Applications

Toward large-scale solar energy systems with peak concentrations of 20,000 suns

Abraham Kribus

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Large-scale solar projects at the Weizmann Institute

Amnon Yogev

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High-power solar-pumped Nd:YAG laser amplifier for free-space laser communication

Idit L. Pe'er ; Nir Naftali ; Amnon Yogev

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Contactless two-stage solar concentrators for tubular absorber

Pablo Benitez ; Juan Carlos Minano ; Raphael Garcia ; Ruben Mohedano Arroyo

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200-W solar energy delivery with optical fiber bundles

Dawei Liang ; Yuri Nunes ; Luis Fraser Monteiro ; M. L. Fraser Monteiro ; Manuel Collares-Pereira

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Performance validation of an irradiance redistribution guide

Allan Lewandowski ; Carl Bingham ; Narkis E. Shatz ; John C. Bortz

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Design and fabrication of a dielectric total internal reflecting concentrator and associated flux extractor for extremely high-temperature (2500 K) applications

Jack A. Soules ; Donald R. Buchele ; Charles H. Castle ; Robert P. Macosko

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Comparative performance features of different nonimaging secondary concentrators

Joseph J. O'Gallagher

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Devices

Rectangular core fibers for high-power diode laser applications

Valery A. Kozlov ; T. A. Galyutina ; H. R. I. Awad ; Stefan B. Spaniol

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Theory

Consequences of skewness conservation for rotationally symmetric nonimaging devices

Harald Ries ; Narkis E. Shatz ; John C. Bortz ; Wolfgang Spirkl

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Consequences of etendue and skewness conservation for nonimaging devices with inhomogeneous sources and targets

John C. Bortz ; Narkis E. Shatz ; Harald Ries ; R. Winston

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Asymmetrical cone-type secondary concentrators for Fresnel-type reflectors in solar towers

Wolfgang Spirkl ; Andreas Timinger ; Harald Ries ; Abraham Kribus ; Julius A. Muschaweck

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Devices

Efficient coupling of noncoherent light to fiber optic light guides

Ronald F. Mathis

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Geometric beam phenomena in large-diameter illumination fiber and light guide

John F. Forkner

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Solar Energy Applications

Power transmission using a solar-pumped laser

Nir Naftali ; Idit L. Pe'er ; Amnon Yogev

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