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Adjustment and Calibration Technique for a Solar Simulator Based on Measuring the Parameters of Multipass Thin-Film Photoelectric Modules

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A technique for adjusting a solar simulator using a combination two-channel radiation source is examined and the uncertainty in the calibration of the simulator is evaluated. The calibration procedure is based on the irradiance and the spectral irradiance of two standard photoelectric modules.

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  1. Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, Russia

    S. A. Bogomolova

  2. All-Russia Research Institute of Metrological Service (VNIIMS), Moscow, Russia

    Yu. E. Lukashov

  3. Ioffe Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    M. Z. Shvarts

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  1. S. A. Bogomolova
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Correspondence to S. A. Bogomolova, Yu. E. Lukashov or M. Z. Shvarts.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (agreement No. 14-29-00178).

Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika, No. 1, pp. 33–37, January, 2016.

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Bogomolova, S.A., Lukashov, Y.E. & Shvarts, M.Z. Adjustment and Calibration Technique for a Solar Simulator Based on Measuring the Parameters of Multipass Thin-Film Photoelectric Modules. Meas Tech 59, 46–51 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-016-0914-4

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