Presented Papers


2007

STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA): A PROVEN AND AFFORDABLE SOLUTION TO SPACECRAFT CHARGING IN GEO

ADVANCES IN RADIATION-TOLERANT SOLAR ARRAYS FOR SEP MISSIONS
Presented at the 30th International Electric Propulsion Conference, Florence, Italy September 17-20, 2007

STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA), A RELIABLE SOLAR ARRAY FOR ANY ORBIT

OVERCOMING SOLAR ARRAY ANOMALIES WITH THE STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA)


2006

UPDATE FOR THE STRETCHED LENS ARRAY SQUARERIGGER (SLASR) FOR SPACE
25th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science meeting in Kanzawaa Japan

STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA) SOLAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION (SEP) SPACE TUG:
SLA-SEP OFFERS MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR SAVINGS DELIVERING LUNAR EXPLORATION CARGO

Presented at the 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006

STRETCHED LENS ARRAY SQUARERIGGER (SLASR): A NEW SPACE ARRAY FOR HIGH-POWER MISSIONS
Presented at the 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006

STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA) FOR COLLECTION AND CONVERSION OF INFRARED LASER LIGHT: 45% EFFICIENCY DEMONSTRATED FOR NEAR-TERM 800 W/kg SPACE POWER SYSTEM
Presented at the 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Waikoloa, Hawaii, May 7-12, 2006


2005

ENTECH'S STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA) FOR NASA'S MOON/MARS EXPLORATION MISSIONS, INCLUDING NEAR-TERM TERRESTIAL SPIN-OFFS
Presented at the International Conference on Solar Concentrators for the Generation of Electricity or Hydrogen, Scottsdale, May 1-5, 2005

RECENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES FOR THE STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA), A SPACE SOLAR ARRAY OFFERING STATE OF THE ART PERFORMANCE AT LOW COST AND ULTRA-LIGHT MASS
Presented at the 31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference – Orlando, Florida – January 2005

STRETCHED LENS ARRAY SQUARERIGGER (SLASR) TECHNOLOGY MATURATION
Presented at the 19 th SPRAT Conference Cleveland, Ohio – September 20- 22, 2005


2004

STRETCHED-LENS PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATOR ARRAYS FOR NASA'S MOON/MARS EXPLORATION MISSIONS
2nd International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), August 16-19, 2004, Providence, Rhode Island

ADVANCED RECEIVER/CONVERTER EXPERIMENTS FOR LASER WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION
Solar Power from Space (SPS04) and 5th Wireless Power Transmission (WPT5) Conference June 30 - July 2, 2004 – Granada, Spain

HIGH VOLTAGE SOLAR CONCENTRATOR EXPERIMENT WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS
Solar Power from Space (SPS04) and 5th Wireless Power Transmission (WPT5) Conference – 6/30-7/2/04 – Granada, Spain

1,000 W/kg SOLAR CONCENTRATOR ARRAYS FOR FAR-TERM SPACE MISSIONS

DEVELOPMENT OF TERRESTRIAL CONCENTRATOR MODULES USING HIGH-EFFICIENCY MULTI-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS



2003

PHOTOVOLTAIC OPTIONS FOR INCREASED SATELLITE POWER AT LOWER COST
Presented at the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, May 11-18, 2003, Osaka, Japan

STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA) PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATOR HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT & TESTING
Presented at the 3rd World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, May 11-18, 2003, Osaka, Japan

ULTRA-LIGHT STRETCHED FRESNEL LENS SOLAR CONCENTRATOR FOR SPACE POWER APPLICATIONS
Presented at The International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 3-8, 2003

PROTOTYPE WING TESTING OF THE STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA)
Presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 1st International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (IECEC), Portsmouth, Virginia, August 17-21, 2003

RECENT PROGRESS ON THE STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA)
Presented at the 18th Space Photovoltaic Research and Technology Conference SPRAT XVIII, Cleveland, Ohio, September 16-18, 2003


2002

THE STRETCHED LENS ARRAY (SLA): A LOW-RISK, COST-EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATOR ARRAY OFFERING WING-LEVEL PERFORMANCE OF 180 W/KG AND 300 W/M2 AT 300 VDC
Proceedings of IECEC '02 37th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference July 29–31, 2002, Washington, DC