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  2. Acceptance angle (solar concentrator) - Wikipedia

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    Acceptance angle. The "acceptance angle" figure illustrates this concept. The concentrator is a lens with a receiver R. The left section of the figure shows a set of parallel rays incident on the concentrator at an angle α < θ to the optical axis. All rays end up on the receiver and, therefore, all light is captured.

  3. Numerical aperture - Wikipedia

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    Note that when this definition is used, the connection between the numerical aperture and the acceptance angle of the fiber becomes only an approximation. In particular, "NA" defined this way is not relevant for single-mode fiber. [7] [8] One cannot define an acceptance angle for single-mode fiber based on the indices of refraction alone.

  4. Etendue - Wikipedia

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    The limit on maximum concentration (shown) is an optic with an entrance aperture S, in air (n i = 1) collecting light within a solid angle of angle 2α (its acceptance angle) and sending it to a smaller area receiver Σ immersed in a medium of refractive index n, whose points are illuminated within a solid angle of angle 2β. From the above ...

  5. Acceptance angle - Wikipedia

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    Acceptance angle may refer to: Half of the angular aperture of an optical system; Acceptance angle (optical fiber), the angle in an optical fiber below which rays are ...

  6. Angular aperture - Wikipedia

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    Acceptance angle, half the angular aperture; Field of view This page was last edited on 16 May 2021, at 05:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  7. Solid angle - Wikipedia

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    The solid angle of a sphere measured from any point in its interior is 4 π sr. The solid angle subtended at the center of a cube by one of its faces is one-sixth of that, or 2 π /3 sr. The solid angle subtended at the corner of a cube (an octant) or spanned by a spherical octant is π /2 sr, one-eight of the solid angle of a sphere. [1]

  8. Cladding (fiber optics) - Wikipedia

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    With the angle of refraction being dependent upon the difference in index of refraction, n, of core and cladding. = The numerical aperture allows for the calculation of the acceptance angle of incidence at the fiber interface. [5]

  9. Guided ray - Wikipedia

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    A guided ray (also bound ray or trapped ray) is a ray of light in a multi-mode optical fiber, which is confined by the core.. For step index fiber, light entering the fiber will be guided if it falls within the acceptance cone of the fiber, that is if it makes an angle with the fiber axis that is less than the acceptance angle, [1]