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These links provide a good source of technical literature on solar sails.

Scientific Commons - May or may not have free online papers. Search for "solar sail"
NASA Technical Report Server - May or may not have free online papers. Simple search for "solar sail"
AIAA Electronic Library - Papers available to AIAA journal subscribers or conference attendees only. 1st page is usually available for free. Enter "solar sail" in full text search box for comprehensive results.

Solar sail papers hosted at this website.

Poster by Frank Ellinghaus on a SEP-Solar-Sail spacecraft with a "Roller Reefing" system for control presented at the 2007 International Symposium on Solar Sailing.
[[Image:SolarSailReqMatrix00Jan18.pdf|A report by the late Dr. Robert L. Forward, Prof. Colin R. McInnes, and Benjamin L. Diedrich for JPL documenting a large number of solar sail missions and the requirements they place on sail technology, design, and operations.]]
[[Image:Solar_sail_Bib_Polyakhova.pdf|A collection of solar sail references by Elena Polyakhova.]]
[[Image:Msthesisben.pdf|"Attitude Control and Dynamics of Solar Sails", a thesis by Benjamin L. Diedrich for his Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Washington.]]
[[Image:GossHistory990805.pdf|"Gossamer Spacecraft Survey Study", an historical survey of gossamer spacecraft structures by Dr. Robert L. Forward, with Benjamin L. Diedrich.]]