A Monte-Carlo ray tracing simulator with a graphical user interface (MCRTS-GUI) has been developed to provide a quantitative description, performance evaluation and photon loss analysis of luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs). The algorithm is applied to several practical LSC device structures including multiple dyes in the same waveguiding layer, and structures where a dye layer is sandwiched between clear substrates. The effect of the host matrix absorption and the influence of the neighboring layers are investigated. Validations demonstrate that the MCRTS-GUI developed provides a reliable and accurate description of LSC performance. Code for the mixed-dye single layer configuration is converted into a ray-tracing package with a user-friendly interface and is made available as open source software.

中文翻译：

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具有图形用户界面的发光太阳能聚光器射线追踪模拟器：功能和应用。

已经开发了具有图形用户界面（MCRTS-GUI）的蒙特卡洛射线追踪模拟器，以提供对发光太阳能集中器（LSC）的定量描述，性能评估和光子损耗分析。该算法适用于几种实用的LSC器件结构，其中包括同一波导层中的多种染料，以及将染料层夹在透明基板之间的结构。研究了基质吸收的影响和相邻层的影响。验证表明，开发的MCRTS-GUI提供了对LSC性能的可靠而准确的描述。用于混合染料单层配置的代码被转换为带有用户友好界面的光线跟踪程序包，并作为开源软件提供。