Rectangular Glass Optical Fiber for Transmitting Sunlight in a Hybrid Concentrator Photovoltaic and Daylighting System

Table 1

Input data of simulation for both round optical fiber and RGOF.

	Round optical fiber	RGOF
Numerical aperture	0.39	0.39
Area of core	0.785 mm^2	5.0 mm^2
Source file	Blackbody radiation at 5780 K with 81 wavelengths ranging from 400 nm to 1600 nm
Range of angle of incidence	0° to 25°	0° to 25°
Dimension of core
Dimension of clad
Material of core	Fused silica	Fused silica