title: Horizontally staggered lightguide solar concentrator with lateral displacement tracking for high concentration applications.
abstract: We present the design of a horizontally staggered lightguide solar concentrator with lateral displacement tracking for high concentration applications. This solar concentrator consists of an array of telecentric primary concentrators, a horizontally staggered lightguide layer, and a vertically tapered lightguide layer. The primary concentrator is realized by two plano-aspheric lenses with lateral movement and maintains a high F-number over an angle range of ±23.5°. The results of the simulations show that the solar concentrator achieves a high concentration ratio of 500× with ±0.5° of acceptance angle by a single-axis tracker and dual lateral translation stages.
authors.forename: Hongcai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu