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Refraction through a lens
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Concepts tested here
- Aperture and intensity
- Lens maker's formula and magnification
- Virtual object
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2011 AIPMT-MAINS 1 question
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A converging beam of rays is incident on a diverging lens. Having passed through the lens the rays intersect at a point 15 cm from the lens on the opposite side. If the lens is removed the point where the rays meet will move 5 cm closer to the lens. The focal length of the lens isWithout the lens the converging rays would meet at a point 15 − 5 = 10 cm behind the lens position. This point acts as a virtual object for the lens.
For a virtual object on the far side of the lens, u = +10 cm.
With the lens the rays actually meet 15 cm from the lens on the opposite side, so v = +15 cm.
Lens formula: $\frac{1}{v} - \frac{1}{u} = \frac{1}{f}$
$\frac{1}{f} = \frac{1}{15} - \frac{1}{10} = \frac{2 - 3}{30} = -\frac{1}{30}$
f = −30 cm (negative, as expected for a diverging lens)
2011 AIPMT-PRE 1 question
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A biconvex lens has a radius of curvature of magnitude 20 cm. Which one of the following options describes best the image formed of an object of height 2 cm placed 30 cm from the lens?The refractive index is not given; taking glass with $\mu = 1.5$.
Lens maker's formula: $\frac{1}{f} = (\mu - 1)\left(\frac{1}{R_1} - \frac{1}{R_2}\right) = (1.5 - 1)\left(\frac{1}{20} + \frac{1}{20}\right) = 0.5\times\frac{1}{10} = \frac{1}{20}$
f = 20 cm
Lens formula with u = −30 cm: $\frac{1}{v} - \frac{1}{u} = \frac{1}{f}$, so $\frac{1}{v} = \frac{1}{20} - \frac{1}{30} = \frac{1}{60}$
v = +60 cm; v is positive, so the image is real and on the other side of the lens.
Magnification $m = \frac{v}{u} = \frac{60}{-30} = -2$; the negative sign means the image is inverted.
Image height = $|m|\times h_o = 2\times2 = 4$ cm
So the image is real, inverted and 4 cm high.
2010 AIPMT-PRE 1 question
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A lens having focal length f and aperture of diameter d forms an image of intensity I. Aperture of diameter $\frac{d}{2}$ in central region of lens is covered by a black paper. Focal length of lens and intensity of image now will be respectivelyThe focal length depends only on the refractive index and the radii of curvature of the lens, not on its aperture; so it remains f.
The intensity of the image is proportional to the area of the lens that transmits light, i.e., $I \propto d^2$.
Original transmitting area $\propto d^2$; area covered $\propto \left(\frac{d}{2}\right)^2 = \frac{d^2}{4}$
Remaining area $\propto d^2 - \frac{d^2}{4} = \frac{3d^2}{4}$
New intensity $= I - \frac{I}{4} = \frac{3I}{4}$
So the focal length is f and the intensity is $\frac{3I}{4}$.
