Nonimaging Optics, Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer IV: 27-28 July, 1997, San Diego, California Book

	Introduction
	Reflectors for uniform far-field irradiance: fundamental limits and example of an axisymmetric solution	2
	Maximum-performance fiber optic irradiation with nonimaging designs	9
	Design of CPC-like reflectors within the simultaneous multiple-surface design method	19
	Manipulating the generalized radiance and measuring the instrument function	29
	Highly efficient illuminators as Liouville transformers	36
	Consequences of skewness conservation for rotationally symmetric nonimaging devices	47
	Consequences of etendue and skewness conservation for nonimaging devices with inhomogeneous sources and targets	59
	Nonrotationally symmetric nonimaging systems that overcome the flux-transfer performance limit imposed by skewness conservation	76
	Asymmetrical cone-type secondary concentrators for Fresnel-type reflectors in solar towers	86
	Radiance increase in nonimaging optics	94
	Manufacturing tolerances for nonimaging concentrators	98
	Practical application of nonimaging collectors to obtain uniform irradiance on targets at a finite distance	110
	Uniform high-efficiency condenser for projection systems	122
	New TIR lens applications for light-emitting diodes	135
	Beam shape transforming devices in high-efficiency projection systems	141
	Method of conception and use of calculation tools for optimization of visible and IR systems to increase efficiency and reduce ghost image and scattering effects	151
	Rectangular core fibers for high-power diode laser applications	160
	Efficient coupling of noncoherent light to fiber optic light guides	165
	Geometric beam phenomena in large-diameter illumination fiber and light guide	170
	Toward large-scale solar energy systems with peak concentrations of 20,000 suns	178
	Large-scale solar projects at the Weizmann Institute	186
	High-power solar-pumped Nd:YAG laser amplifier for free-space laser communication	194
	Contactless two-stage solar concentrators for tubular absorber	205
	200-W solar energy delivery with optical fiber bundles	217
	Performance validation of an irradiance redistribution guide	225
	Design and fabrication of a dielectric total internal reflecting concentrator and associated flux extractor for extremely high-temperature (2500 K) applications	237
	Comparative performance features of different nonimaging secondary concentrators	250
	Power transmission using a solar-pumped laser	259
	Addendum	267
	Author Index	268