Nature-inspired smart solar concentrators by 4D printing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2018.01.062
Abstract: Abstract Currently, solar concentrators, whether in solar PV or solar thermal applications are designed and utilized as a fixed shape such as elliptic, parabolic, V-shape, hyperbolic, and multi-stage forms. Here, we are inspired by diurnal… read more here.
Keywords: shape; nature; smart solar; optical efficiency ... See more keywords
Scattering Metal Waveguide Based Speckle-Enhanced Prism Spectrometry
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DOI: 10.1109/jlt.2019.2959140
Abstract: We present an optical efficiency improved speckle spectrometer where a scattering metal wave-guide is utilized along with a conventional prism spectrometer. We conducted extensive tests on 25 different scatterers, involving a variety of nanoparticle concentrations,… read more here.
Keywords: prism; spectral resolution; scattering metal; efficiency ... See more keywords
Doubling the optical efficiency of VR systems with a directional backlight and a diffractive deflection film.
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DOI: 10.1364/oe.430920
Abstract: We demonstrate an approach to double the optical efficiency of virtual reality (VR) systems based on a directional backlight and a diffractive deflection film (DDF). The directional backlight consists of a commercial collimated light-emitting diode… read more here.
Keywords: diffractive deflection; backlight diffractive; directional backlight; film ... See more keywords