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2016 Proceedings

The proceedings of Nonimaging Optics: Efficient Design for Illumination and Solar Concentration XIII—Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Nonimaging Optics have been published in Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 9955, edited by Roland Winston, and Jeffrey M. Gordon .

View the whole volume through SPIE Digital Library

Proceedings at a Glance

9
Sessions
16
Published Papers
17
Recorded Presentations

Explore the published papers and presentations from the 2016 Nonimaging Optics conference, which was organized on 28 August - 1 September 2016 in San Diego, California, United States.

Papers and Presentations

Front Matter: Volume 9955

Front Matter: Volume 9955

Half a Century of Nonimaging Optics

How nonimaging optics began

Roland Winston
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Recorded Presentation

Retrospective on 30 years of nonimaging optics development for solar energy at the University of Chicago

Joseph J. O'Gallagher
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The role of optics in practical concentrating photovoltaics

S. Horne
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Solar Conversion Optics I

High performance solar cells: It's all about the optics (Conference Presentation)

Eli Yablonovitch
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3D-printed concentrators for tracking-integrated CPV modules

Harry Apostoleris ; Julian Leland ; Matteo Chiesa ; Marco Stefancich
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Improving the effectiveness of photovoltaic devices by light guiding optical foils

C. Leiner ; F. P. Wenzl ; C. Sommer ; G. Peharz
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Solar Conversion Optics II

From photoluminescence to thermal emission: Thermally-enhanced PL (TEPL) for efficient PV (Conference Presentation)

Assaf Manor ; Nimrod Kruger ; Leopoldo L. Martin ; Carmel Rotschild
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Design of a light confining concentrator for a solar photochemical reactor and upper bound to the method

Boris Karamata ; Marilyne Andersen
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Freeform and Illumination Optics I

Freeform multifocal lenses designed with the SQM: geometry and diffraction

Vladimir Oliker
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Simultaneous calculation of three optical surfaces in the 3D SMS freeform RXI optic

Simone Sorgato ; Julio Chaves ; Rubén Mohedano ; Maikel Hernández ; José Blen ; Pablo Benitez ; Juan C. Miñano ; Dejan Grabovickic ; Hugo Thienpont
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Freeform and Illumination Optics II

Recent advances in the SMS design method: 3D aplanatism and diffraction

Juan C. Miñano ; P. Benitez ; B. Narasimhan ; M. Nikolic ; J. Mendes-Lopes ; D. Grabovickic
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Smart freeform optics solution for an extremely thin direct-lit application

Claude Leiner ; Wolfgang Nemitz ; Susanne Schweitzer ; Franz P. Wenzl ; Ladislav Kuna ; Frank Reil ; Paul Hartmann ; Christian Sommer
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Novel Optics and Core Concepts

Nonimaging optics in lighting to reduce light pollution

Melissa Ricketts ; Jon Ferry ; Lun Jiang ; Roland Winston
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Flow line asymmetric nonimaging concentrating optics

Lun Jiang ; Roland Winston
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Solar Thermal Concentrators

The rise of non-imaging optics for rooftop solar collectors

Gary Rosengarten ; Cameron Stanley ; Dave Ferrari ; Andrew Blakers ; Tom Ratcliff
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Numerical analysis on using compound parabolic couplers for direct transmission of concentrated solar radiation via optical fibre (Conference Presentation)

Maryam Rahou ; John Andrews ; Gary Rosengarten
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Advanced linear Fresnel optics for solar thermal energy (STE) production (Conference Presentation)

Manuel Collares-Pereira
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Nonimaging optics maximizing exergy for hybrid solar system

Roland Winston ; Lun Jiang ; Mahmoud Abdelhamid ; Bennett K. Widyolar ; Jonathan Ferry ; David Cygan ; Hamid Abbasi ; Alexandr Kozlov ; Alexander Kirk
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Poster Session

Design of a segmented nonimaging Fresnel lens optimized for non-tracking solar collection

Perla M. Viera-González ; Guillermo E. Sánchez-Guerrero ; Daniel E. Ceballos-Herrera ; Edgar Martínez-Guerra
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Modeling of efficient light extraction in light-pipes through specular surfaces with elliptical and lineal front shapes

Guillermo E. Sánchez-Guerrero ; Perla M. Viera-González ; Daniel E. Ceballos-Herrera ; Edgar Martínez-Guerra
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