Is ellipse the only strongly light-connected curve?

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Definition 1. The shape $S$ with smooth closed boundary $\partial S$ is called light-connected if there are two points $A_{out}$ and $A_{in}$ inside its interior such that all of light rays that diverge from point $A_{out}$ converge at point $A_{in}$. The boundary $\partial S$ is supposed to be reflective: the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

Definition 2. Light connected curve $S$ is called strongly light-connected if $A_{out}$ and $A_{in}$ do not coincide.

Hypothesis 1. Circle is not strongly light-connected.

Hypothesis 2. If a curve is strongly light-connected, then it is an ellipse.


What can you say about these hypotheses?