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compound parabolic concentrator: a standalone construct

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Optics

nonimaging reflector shaped from parabolic segments that collects light up to the thermodynamic limit for a given acceptance angle.

In optics, compound parabolic concentrator refers to nonimaging reflector shaped from parabolic segments that collects light up to the thermodynamic limit for a given acceptance angle. This meaning comes from Winston (1970) in Journal of the Optical Society of America.[1]

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References

Winston, R. (1970). Light Collection within the Framework of Geometrical Optics. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 60(2), 245. https://doi.org/10.1364/josa.60.000245

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