@inproceedings{3d60fabd6aa74e6697add589096ea85b,
title = "Light trap with reactive sun tracking for high-efficiency spectrum splitting photovoltaic conversion",
abstract = "We present a design for a modification of a previously proposed light-trapping solar collector that enables reactive solar tracking by the incorporation of an optically activated transparency-switching material. The material forms an entry aperture whose position reactively varies to admit sunlight, which is focused to a point on the receiving surface by a lens or set of lenses, over a wide range of solar angles. An analytic model for assessing device performance based on statistical ray optics is described and confirmed by raytrace simulations on a model system.",
keywords = "light trapping, self-tracking, spectral splitting, Switchable transparency",
author = "H. Apostoleris and M. Chiesa and M. Stefancich",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; Integrated Optics: Physics and Simulations II ; Conference date: 13-04-2015 Through 15-04-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2179944",
language = "British English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Pavel Cheben and Jiri Ctyroky and Inigo Molina-Fernandez",
booktitle = "Integrated Optics",
address = "United States",
}
