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Convex-concave (meniscus) lenses can be either positive or negative

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Convex-concave (meniscus) lenses can be either positive or negative Empty Convex-concave (meniscus) lenses can be either positive or negative

Post by jancancook Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:45 am

Convex-concave (meniscus) lenses can be either positive or negative, depending on the relative curvatures of the two surfaces. A negative meniscus lens has a steeper concave surface and will be thinner at the centre than at the periphery. Conversely, a positive meniscus lens has a steeper convex surface and will be thicker at the centre than at the periphery. An ideal thin lens with two surfaces of equal curvature would have zero optical power, meaning that it would neither converge nor diverge light. All real lenses have a nonzero thickness, however, which affects the optical power. To obtain exactly zero optical power, a meniscus lens must have slightly unequal curvatures to account for the effect of the lens' thickness.

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