Skew Ray
In a multimode optical fiber, a bound Ray that travels in a helical path along the Fiber and thus (a) is not parallel to the fiber axis, (b) does not lie in a meridional plane, and (c) does not intersect the fiber axis.
Related Terms
Axial Ray,
Cladding Ray,
Direct Ray,
Emergent Ray,
Guided Ray,
Leaky Ray,
Meridional Ray,
Ray,
Refracted Ray,
Skew Ray,
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