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State the properties of lens

      

State the properties of lens

  

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Victor
1. Optical centre – this is the geometric centre of a lens which is usually shown using a black dot in ray diagrams. A ray travelling through the optical centre passes through in a straight line.

2. Centre of curvature – this is the geometric centre of the circle of which the lens surface is part of. Since lenses have two surfaces there are two centres of curvature. C is used to denote one centre while the other is denoted by C1.

3. Principal axis – this is an imaginary line which passes through the optical centre at right angle to the lens.

4. Principal focus – this is a point through which all rays travelling parallel to the principal axis pass after refraction through the lens. A lens has a principal focus on both its sides. F is used to denote the principal focus.

5. Focal length – this is the distance between the optical centre and the principal focus. It is denoted by ‘f’.
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(a) Principal foci of a converging lens
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(b) Principal foci of a diverging lens
Vicky001 answered the question on September 24, 2017 at 19:54


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