Overview

From its inception nearly 30 years ago, the optical subdiscipline now referred to as nonimaging optics, has experienced dramatic growth. The term nonimaging optics is concerned with applications where imaging formation is not important but where effective and efficient collection , concentration, transport and distribution of light energy is - i.e. solar energy conversion, signal detection, illumination optics, measurement and testing. This book will incorporate the substantial developments of the past decade in this field.

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Author:   Roland Winston (University of California at Merced) ,  Juan C. Minano (Technical University of Madrid UPM, CEDINT, Madrid, Spain and Light Prescriptions Innovators LLC, Irvine, CA, USA) ,  Pablo G. Benitez (Technical University of Madrid UPM, CEDINT, Madrid, Spain and Light Prescriptions Innovators LLC, Irvine, CA, USA) ,  With contributions by Narkis Shatz and John C. Bortz (Science Applications International Corporation)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.020kg
ISBN:  

9780127597515

ISBN 10:   0127597514
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   20 January 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

1. Nonimaging Optical Systems and Their Uses 2. Some Basic Ideas in Geometrical Optics 3. Some Designs of Image-Forming Concentrators 4. Nonimaging Optical Systems 5. Developments and Modifications of the Compound Parabolic Concentrator 6. The Flow-line Method for Designing Nonimaging Optical Systems 7. Concentrators for Prescribed Irradiance 8. Simultaneous Multiple Surface Design Method 9. Imaging Applications of Nonimaging Concentrators 10. Consequences of Symmetry (by Narkis Shatz and John C. Bortz) 11. Global Optimization of High-Performance Concentrators (by Narkis Shatz and John C. Bortz) 12. A Paradigm for a Wave Description of Optical Measurements 13. Applications to Solar Energy Concentration 14. Manufacturing Tolerances Appendices A-M APPENDIX A: Derivation and Explanation of the Étendue Invariant, Including the Dynamical Analogy; Derivation of the Skew Invariant APPENDIX B: The Edge-Ray Theorem APPENDIX C: Conservation of Skew and Linear Momentum APPENDIX D: Conservation of Etendue for Two-Parameter APPENDIX E: Perfect Off-Axis Imaging APPENDIX F: The Luneberg Lens APPENDIX G: The Geometry of the Basic Compound Parabolic Concentrator Bundles of Rays APPENDIX H: The qi/qo Concentrator APPENDIX I: The Truncated Compound Parabolic Concentrator APPENDIX J: The Differential Equation for the 2D Concentrator Profile with Nonplane Absorber APPENDIX K: Skew Rays in Hyperboloidal Concentrator APPENDIX L: Sine Relation for Hyperboloid/Lens Concentrator APPENDIX M: The Concentrator Design for Skew Rays

Reviews

"Govind Agrawal - ""Nonimaging Optics"" is very popular in the industry, and the book should do quite well if it is written from the point of view of an Engineer. Prof. ROLAND WINSTON is ""the expert"" in this field and should do a very good job. We just hired one of his colleagues from Germany here at the Institute of Optics, and he will be teaching a course on this topic. ""The book is mostly theoretical, but applications to solar energy concentration are discussed at length. Mathematical foundations are explored in 13 appendices. References are numerous and up-to-date, and the index serves its purpose."" - OPN Optics & Photonics News, Sept. 2006"

Govind Agrawal - Nonimaging Optics is very popular in the industry, and the book should do quite well if it is written from the point of view of an Engineer. Prof. ROLAND WINSTON is the expert in this field and should do a very good job. We just hired one of his colleagues from Germany here at the Institute of Optics, and he will be teaching a course on this topic. The book is mostly theoretical, but applications to solar energy concentration are discussed at length. Mathematical foundations are explored in 13 appendices. References are numerous and up-to-date, and the index serves its purpose. - OPN Optics & Photonics News, Sept. 2006

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