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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Ecole Polytechnique Federale DE Lausanne (Epfl), Lausanne, CH;
Inventors:
Eric Tremblay, St. Sulpice, CH;
Christophe Moser, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/32 (2006.01); F24J 2/38 (2014.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/054 (2014.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24J 2/38 (2013.01); G01S 17/66 (2013.01); G02B 6/0013 (2013.01); G02B 6/32 (2013.01); G02B 6/4295 (2013.01); H01L 31/0543 (2014.12); H01L 31/0547 (2014.12); H01L 31/0549 (2014.12); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for capturing solar light of the sun, whereby the solar light comprises a short wavelength light component and a long wavelength light component. The system comprises at least a lens (), a light-guide (), and a self-adaptive coupling feature (). The at least one lens is arranged adjacent to the light-guide in order to focus the long wavelength component onto the self-adaptive coupling feature, and the self-adaptive coupling feature is configured to couple the short wavelength light component into the light-guide.