A novel multiple curved surfaces compound concentrator

A novel multiple curved surfaces compound concentrator is developed in this paper. It is composed of a parabolic and a flat contour. This new concentrator has a focus at the backside which is extremely useful and convenient for some applications. The reflected rays here are transmitted forward instead of backward as in the conventional parabolic concentrators. The design method of the concentrator is introduced. Some of important parameters are discussed and the value rang of them is determined. Simple comparisons between proposed concentrators and traditional paraboloid and CPC are made. Light rays tracing are carried out in the concentrator.