For effective conversion of the energy of the concentrated solar flux of 1 MW Big Solar Furnace of the Scientific and Production Association "Physics-Sun" (Tashkent) with focal spot size of about 40 cm into the coherent laser radiation, the several designs of the multi-element secondary concentrators for various active mediums with different thermal and optical characteristics were considered. For calculations of parameters of secondary concentrators the Ray tracing and Monte-Carlo methods were used and the numerical experiments were performed.

Date Published: 13 March 2008
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 6871, Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices, 68712E (13 March 2008); doi: 10.1117/12.760971

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6871:
Solid State Lasers XVII: Technology and Devices
W. Andrew Clarkson; Norman Hodgson; Ramesh K. Shori, Editor(s)