Question icon
Grade 12Wave Optics

if the curved surface of plano convex lens is silvered then wat is the formula to find its focal length ?

Profile image of mohit patil
11 Years agoGrade 12
Answers icon

1 Answer

Profile image of Abhishek Kumar
11 Years ago
Since plane surface is silvered, it acts as a mirror of focal length equal to the focal length of the curved surface.
So, 1/fc = 1/flens + 1/fmirror + 1/flens (Ray has first refraction, then reflection then again refraction brfore emerging out)