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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 18, Issue 9, Pages A91-A99Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.000A91
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences [DE-SC0001088]
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We describe Linearly Polarized Luminescent Solar Concentrators (LP-LSCs) to replace conventional, purely absorptive, linear polarizers in energy harvesting applications. As a proof of concept, we align 3-(2-Benzothiazolyl)-N,N-diethylumbelliferylamine (Coumarin 6) and 4-dicyanomethyl-6-dimethylaminostiryl-4H-pyran (DCM) dye molecules linearly in the plane of the substrate using a polymerizable liquid crystal host. We show that up to 38% of the photons polarized on the long axis of the dye molecules can be coupled to the edge of the device for an LP-LSC based on Coumarin 6 with an order parameter of 0.52. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America
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