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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.
Google Scholar - Search for "solar sail"
SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System - Search for "solar sail"

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.]]