JEE Main201815 Apr 2018Evening ShiftPhysicsRay OpticsActual
A convergent doublet of separated lenses, corrected for spherical aberration, has resultant focal length of 10 ~cm . The separation between the two lenses is 2 ~cm . The focal lengths of the component lenses
Options
- A18 ~cm , 20 ~cm
- B10 ~cm , 12 ~cm
- C12 ~cm , 14 ~cm
- D16 ~cm , 18 ~cm
Correct answer
A. 18 ~cm , 20 ~cm
Step-by-step solution
For minimum spherical aberration separation, d=f₁-f₂=2 ~cm Resultant focal length =F=10 ~cm Using 1 F = 1 f₁ + 1 f₂ - d f₁ f₂ and solving, we get f ₁, f ₂ 18 ~cm and 20 ~cm respectively.