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Prototype Planar MicroOptic Solar Concentrator
May 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
A prototype concentrator was used to collect sunlight in an outdoor setting. Inset: When properly aligned to the sun, light incident on the lens array surface couples into the waveguide and exits at the waveguide edge, appearing as a bright line.
Image Credit: Jason Karp, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, San Diego.
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