Solar simulator employing flexible-optics
US4789989A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 25, 1987 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S385/90
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The solar simulator of the invention comprises a source of high intensity light simulating as closely as possible the spectral radiance of the sun directed through a flexible optic light guide into a chamber and pressure sealed through a chamber wall where this light is then directed on to a test specimen in a column or otherwise. The high intensity light is provided by one or more illuminating sources which can be positioned at the distal end or ends of the fiber optics or embedded within a fiber or liquid optic core.
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