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Q.(a) Derive lens maker's formula for a biconvex lens.

(b) A point object is placed at a distance of 12 cm on the principal axis of a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. A convex mirror is placed coaxially on the other side of the lens at a distance of 10 cm. If the final image coincides with the object, sketch the ray diagram and find the focal length of the convex mirror.
(OR)
(a) What is a wavefront ? How does it propagate ? Using Huygens' principle, explain reflection of a plane wavefront from a surface and verify the laws of reflection.
(b) A parallel beam of light of wavelength 500 nm falls on a narrow slit and the resulting diffraction pattern is obtained on a screen 1 m away. If the first minimum is formed at a distance of 2⋅52\cdot5 mm from the centre of the screen, find the
(i) width of the slit, and
(ii) distance of first secondary maximum from the centre of the screen.
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Part (a): derive 1f=(n−1)(1R1−1R2)\dfrac1f=(n-1)\left(\dfrac1{R_1}-\dfrac1{R_2}\right); for the lens–convex-mirror system the mirror's focal length is 2525 cm.

Part (b): explain wavefront/Huygens reflection (i=ri=r); single-slit diffraction gives slit width 0.20.2 mm and first secondary maximum at 3.753.75 mm.

Ray diagram for a convex lens (f = 10 cm) combined with a coaxial convex mirror placed 10 cm behind it: two rays from a point object O, 12 cm from the lens, are shown refracting through the lens and converging toward the mirror's centre of curvature C (60 cm from the lens, i.e. 50 cm behind the mirror); because each ray then travels along a radius of the mirror it reflects straight back along its own path (dashed return ray shown), retracing through the lens to reform the final image exactly at the object O -- giving the convex mirror's focal length as 25 cm.
Ray diagram for a convex lens (f = 10 cm) combined with a coaxial convex mirror placed 10 cm behind it: two rays from a point object O, 12 cm from the lens, are shown refracting through the lens and converging toward the mirror's centre of curvature C (60 cm from the lens, i.e. 50 cm behind the mirror); because each ray then travels along a radius of the mirror it reflects straight back along its own path (dashed return ray shown), retracing through the lens to reform the final image exactly at the object O -- giving the convex mirror's focal length as 25 cm.

Part (a): Lens Maker's Formula and Lens–Mirror System

Derivation (biconvex lens). Treat the thin lens as two spherical refracting surfaces. Using n2v−n1u=n2−n1R\dfrac{n_2}{v}-\dfrac{n_1}{u}=\dfrac{n_2-n_1}{R}:

  1. Surface 1 (air →\to lens, radius R1R_1): nv1−1u=n−1R1\dfrac{n}{v_1}-\dfrac{1}{u}=\dfrac{n-1}{R_1}.
  2. Surface 2 (lens →\to air, radius R2R_2; image v1v_1 is the object): 1v−nv1=1−nR2\dfrac{1}{v}-\dfrac{n}{v_1}=\dfrac{1-n}{R_2}.
  3. Add: 1v−1u=(n−1)(1R1−1R2)\dfrac{1}{v}-\dfrac{1}{u}=(n-1)\left(\dfrac{1}{R_1}-\dfrac{1}{R_2}\right).
  4. For u→∞u\to\infty, v=fv=f:

1f=(n−1)(1R1−1R2)\frac{1}{f}=(n-1)\left(\frac{1}{R_1}-\frac{1}{R_2}\right)

Lens + convex mirror. Convex lens fL=+10f_L=+10 cm, object u=−12u=-12 cm.

1v=1fL+1u=110−112=6−560=160⇒v=60 cm\frac{1}{v}=\frac{1}{f_L}+\frac{1}{u}=\frac{1}{10}-\frac{1}{12}=\frac{6-5}{60}=\frac{1}{60}\Rightarrow v=60\ \text{cm}

The lens alone would form a real image 60 cm to its right. The convex mirror is 10 cm to the right of the lens, so this image lies 60−10=5060-10=50 cm behind the mirror. For the final image to coincide with the object, the reflected rays must retrace their path — they must strike the mirror normally, i.e. be directed toward the mirror's centre of curvature CC. Hence CC is at the 50 cm point: R=50R=50 cm and …

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