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Mashaal H, Feuermann D, Gordon JM. Expansive scope of aplanatic concentrators and collimators. APPLIED OPTICS 2019; 58:F14-F20. [PMID: 31503899 DOI: 10.1364/ao.58.000f14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aplanats refer to inherently imaging optics that wholly eliminate both spherical aberration and coma. They typically comprise two refractive and/or reflective surfaces. For radiative transfer (which is typically nonimaging in nature), aplanats can closely approach the thermodynamic bounds for collimation and concentration, especially significant for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), solar energy, and infrared applications. Recently, we identified previously unrecognized basic categories of aplanats and showed how they can offer powerful new possibilities for LED collimation and for concentrating sunlight. Here, we review and elaborate the full scope of aplanat classifications, with illustrative examples of maximum-performance practical optics for all possible combinations of reflective and refractive contours. These examples subsume the latest invention of faceted (Fresnel) aplanats toward achieving greater compactness and lower mass. We also show how hybrid aplanats that combine the basic categories can improve concentrator and collimator performance.
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Sartinska L, Chkhartishvili L, Voynich E, Eren T, Frolov G, Altay E, Murusidze I, Tsagareishvili O, Gabunia D, Maisuradze N. Effect of concentrated light on morphology and vibrational properties of boron and tantalum mixtures. Heliyon 2018; 4:e00585. [PMID: 29862348 PMCID: PMC5968138 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Heating a mixture of boron (impurities: carbon ∼ B50C2, boric acid - H3BO3) and tantalum (Ta) powders in nitrogen flow in a xenon high-flux optical furnace was performed. As-received powder composed of h-BN, H3BO3, TaB2, B9H11 and a number of other phases including β-rhombohedral boron, apparently, heavily doped with Ta. FT-IR examination of any sample of the material reveals the complicated vibration spectrum containing, in particular, an absorption band near 2260 cm-1. The shapes of these bands are different for samples because powders were synthesized at different temperatures. Known, that in β-rhombohedral boron lattice, there are nano-sized voids of different types, which allow an accommodation of single atoms or small groups of atoms. Theoretical calculations performed by the method of quasi-classical type yields the same value, 2260 cm-1, for the vibrations frequency of Ta atoms in D-type crystallographic voids in β-rhombohedral boron lattice. Since, Ta atoms are known to prefer accommodation just in D-voids the experimentally detected bands can be identified with localized vibrations of Ta atoms.
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- Lina Sartinska
- Department of High-Temperature Processes & Tests of Materials for Rocket-Space Equipment, I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NASU, 3 Krzhyzhanovsky Str., Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Georgian Technical University, 77 Kostava Ave., Tbilisi, 0175, Georgia.,Laboratory for Boron-Containing & Composite Materials, F. Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy & Materials Science, 10 Mindeli Str., Tbilisi, 0186, Georgia
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- Department of High-Temperature Processes & Tests of Materials for Rocket-Space Equipment, I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NASU, 3 Krzhyzhanovsky Str., Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Art & Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Davutpasa Campus, Istanbul, 34220, Esenler, Turkey
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- Department of High-Temperature Processes & Tests of Materials for Rocket-Space Equipment, I. M. Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science of NASU, 3 Krzhyzhanovsky Str., Kyiv, 03680, Ukraine
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Art & Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Davutpasa Campus, Istanbul, 34220, Esenler, Turkey
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- Institute of Applied Physics, Ilia State University, 3/5 Cholokashvili Ave., Tbilisi, 0162, Georgia
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- Laboratory for Boron-Containing & Composite Materials, F. Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy & Materials Science, 10 Mindeli Str., Tbilisi, 0186, Georgia
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- Laboratory for Boron-Containing & Composite Materials, F. Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy & Materials Science, 10 Mindeli Str., Tbilisi, 0186, Georgia
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Georgian Technical University, 77 Kostava Ave., Tbilisi, 0175, Georgia
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Zhang M, Li ZJ, Zhao J, Gong L, Meng AL, Gao WD. Synthesis, growth mechanism and elastic properties of SiC@SiO2coaxial nanospring. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra07011a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Lu HB, Boulos RA, Chan BCY, Gibson CT, Wang X, Raston CL, Chua HT. Carbon nanofibres from fructose using a light-driven high-temperature spinning disc processor. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:1478-80. [PMID: 24366520 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47354f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel high flux bright light-driven high temperature spinning disc processor operating at ∼720 °C can effectively synthesise carbon nanofibres from fructose, a natural feedstock, in polyethylene glycol-200, within minutes and with multiple reactor passes being a pivotal operating parameter in controlling the growth of the fibres.
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- Hai-bo Lu
- School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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