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What is optical center of lens?
The optical center of the lens is a point on the axis of a lens is the point where any ray passing through this point, the incident part and the emergent part are parallel. It is important for the proper refraction of light.
What are the three laws governing light passing through a converging lens?
Any incident ray traveling parallel to the principal axis of a converging lens will refract through the lens and travel through the focal point on the opposite side of the lens.Any incident ray traveling through the focal point on the way to the lens will refract through the lens and travel parallel to the principal axis.An incident ray that passes through the center of the lens will in effect continue in the same direction that it had when it entered the lens.
Why light passes undeviated falling straight on a refracting medium?
If by "straight on" you mean at 90 degrees to the surface of the medium, that is because light is only deviated if it makes an angle with the normal, which is an imaginary line perpendicular to the surface of the medium. If no angle is made between the normal line and the light ray, then no refraction occurs and the light passes through in a straight line. For more information see the related link below.
What lens makes light refract and spread out?
LensesThe phenomenon of refraction of light has found usage in many devices. Lenses are the most popular ones. Especially, cylindrical lenses. Cylindrical lens is a piece of transparent material where the lines representing the surfaces are arcs of circles or one is arc of circle and the other is flat. The line passing through the center of the lens and on which the centers of the two spheres are located is called the axis of lens. The point on this axis at which incident parallel rays focus or converge is the principal focus F. The distance of the principal focus from the center of the lens is known as the focal length, f.Figure 15 F - principal focusf - focal lengthThe ray parallel to the axis is bent by the lens so as to pass through the principal focus. It follows from the reversibility of light paths that the ray that passes through the focal point must travel parallel to the axis after it has passed through the lens.Figure 16 Reversibility of light paths, rays sent from the principal focustravel parallel to the axis after they have passed through the lens.Images formed by lensesLenses form real and virtual images. Real images are formed when the object is located farther than the principal focal point. The real image can be made visible by placing a screen on one side of the lens and the object on the other. Real images are always upside down. If the object is far from the lens then the image is close to the lens and is smaller than the object, if the object is located near the lens then the image is formed far from the lens and is bigger than the object.Figure 17 The real image of candle is formed on the screen. Its size depends on the distance of the object from the lens.Figure 18 The real image, upside down, smaller than the object.Figure 19 The real image, upside down, of original size.Figure 20 The real image, upside down, bigger than the object.Virtual images are formed when the object is placed between the principal focal and the lens. You can see it by looking straight at the lens.Figure 21 The virtual image, straight, bigger than the object.
Can more than one mutation occur in a single organism?
Yes, mutations can occur all over at the same time. For example in a multicellular organism a gamma ray or x-ray photon passing through the organism can generate one or more mutations in every cell that the photon passes through. Another example mutagenic chemicals can produce many mutations in every chromosome.
What is optical center of lens?
The optical center of the lens is a point on the axis of a lens is the point where any ray passing through this point, the incident part and the emergent part are parallel. It is important for the proper refraction of light.
When a ray of light passing through a point in a lens does not undergo deviation?
When it passes through optical centre.
What direction does a focal ray from an object proceed after passing through a diverging lens?
Parallel to the principal axis
What are the three laws governing light passing through a converging lens?
Any incident ray traveling parallel to the principal axis of a converging lens will refract through the lens and travel through the focal point on the opposite side of the lens.Any incident ray traveling through the focal point on the way to the lens will refract through the lens and travel parallel to the principal axis.An incident ray that passes through the center of the lens will in effect continue in the same direction that it had when it entered the lens.
Why the a ray passing through center of lens do not bends?
It is because the central portion of the lens i.e. optical centre can be considered similar to a parallel sided glass slab.
How do convex lenses bend light rays?
convex lenses bend light through refraction 1) a light ray that is parallel to the principal axis is refracted through the principal focus F. 2) A light ray passing through the principal focus F' is refracted parallel to the principal axis 3) a light ray passing through the lens' midpoint travels straight on -K14
How do you prove using snell's law that rays passing through the optical center of a thin lens are not refracted?
Let: medium1= medium where ray enters the lens medium2= inside the lens medium3= medium where the ray is refracted outside the lens From medium 1 to medium 2 which is the lens Snell's law: n1sin(alfa1)=n2sin(alfa2) (1) And from medium 2 to 3 : n2sin(alfa2)=n3sin(alfa3) (2) Then, from (1) and (2): n1sin(alfa1)=n3sin(alfa3) But n3=n1 (same medium), =>n1sinalfa1=n1sinalfa3 => sin(alfa1)=sin(alfa3) (4) Therefore, alfa1=alfa2 knowing that they are less than 90o. As a conclusion the incoming ray and the refracted ray passing through the optical centre are parallel.
Where will be the image formed if the object is kept at the Focal in covex lens?
The image will be formed at infinite distance as parallel ray come out of the lens after refraction through lens.
Define principal focus and principal aris?
principal focus is the ray which diverge at a point on the other side of the lensPrincipal Axis lens have two centre of culvature,the line passing through them and joining these centres is called principal axis.
What happens to light that passes through a convex lens?
Light travelling through a concave lens will spread out. In most optical systems that use a concave lens, such as a telescope that needs to magnify the focal plane image, this is a desirable effect.
What is a ray in mathematical terms?
any of a set of straight lines passing through one point.
What is the difference between refractions and lens?
First lets consider a double convex lens. Suppose that several rays of light approach the lens; and suppose that these rays of light are traveling parallel to the principal axis. Upon reaching the front face of the lens, each ray of light will refract towards the normal to the surface. At this boundary, the light ray is passing from air into a more dense medium (usually plastic or glass). Since the light ray is passing from a medium in which it travels fast (less optically dense) into a medium in which it travels relatively slow (more optically dense), it will bend towards the normal line. This is the FST principle of refraction. This is shown for two incident rays on the diagram below. Once the light ray refracts across the boundary and enters the lens, it travels in a straight line until it reaches the back face of the lens. At this boundary, each ray of light will refract away from the normal to the surface. Since the light ray is passing from a medium in which it travels slow (more optically dense) to a medium in which it travels fast (less optically dense), it will bend away from the normal line; this is the SFA principle of refraction.
