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A plane wave front falls on a convex lens. The emergent wave front is :

A
plane
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cylindrical
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C
spherical diverging
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D
spherical converging
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Solution

The correct option is D spherical converging
A convex lens is thicker at the middle. When a light ray is incident parallel
to principle axis it is refracted towards the focal point. Similarly when a plane wave front is incident on a convex lens the light is refracted towards a point on the focal plane.
As the light is getting focused at a point it is converging and the emerging wave front is a spherical converging.
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