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Term: leaky ray
Synonym1: tunnelling ray
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Definition: in an optical fibre, a light ray for which geometric optics would predict total reflection at the core boundary, but which suffers a loss unexplained by this theory, by virtue of the curved core boundary

NOTE – Leaky rays correspond to leaky modes.


Publication date:1991-10
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