List of Abbreviations

2-D

Two-dimensional geometry

3-D

Three-dimensional geometry

CAP

Concentration Acceptance Product

CPC

Compound Parabolic Concentrator

CEC

Compound Elliptical Concentrator

DTIRC

Dielectric Total Internal Reflection Concentrator

I

Total Internal Reflection in the SMS design method

R

Refraction in the SMS design method

RR

SMS lens made of two refractive surfaces

RX

SMS optic made of a refractive and a reflective surface

RXI

SMS optic in which light undergoes a refraction, then a reflec- tion, and then a Total Internal Reflection (TIR)

SMS

Simultaneous Multiple Surfaces (design method)

TERC

Tailored Edge Ray Concentrator

TIR

Total Internal Reflection

X

Reflection in the SMS design method

XR

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