Rogers Solar Lenses (IMAGE)

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Rogers Solar Lenses

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Dual-stage optics, consisting of a molded 2 X 2 cm2 primary lens and a secondary, 2 mm ball lens (inset) focus incident sunlight by more than one thousand times.

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Xing Sheng, University of Illinois

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