Aisa define kyon karte hain?
Socho ek ray axis ke parallel hai aur lens se height h par strike kar rahi hai. Refraction ke baad yeh axis ko focus par cross karti hai, jo f door hai. Bending ka angle δ satisfy karta hai (small angles ke liye):
tanδ≈δ=fh
Toh bending angle per unit height=hδ=f1. Yahi lens ki deviation produce karne ki strength hai — aur isi ko hum power kehte hain. Isliye P=1/f arbitrary nahi hai; yeh "deviation per unit ray height" ka natural measure hai.
Scratch se Derivation (do thin lenses in contact):
Do thin lenses jinka focal length f1,f2 hai, ek doosre ko touch kar rahe hain. u distance par rakhi object lens 1 se image banati hai.
Step 1 — Sirf Lens 1:v11−u1=f11Yeh step kyon? Yeh thin-lens equation pehle lens par apply ki gayi hai; v1 uski image hai, jo lens 2 ke liye object ban jaati hai.
Step 2 — Sirf Lens 2: Image I1 (v1 par) lens 2 ke liye object ki tarah kaam karti hai. Kyunki lenses contact mein hain, lens 2 ke liye object distance bhi v1 hai:
v1−v11=f21Yeh step kyon? Lens 2 jo bhi lens 1 ne produce kiya tha use leta hai aur phir refract karta hai; final image v par hai.
Extra term kyon? Jab lenses alag hote hain, lens 1 se bend hui ray d distance travel karti hai aur lens 2 par alag height par land karti hai, jis height par yeh lens 1 mein enter ki thi usse alag. Lens 2 ki bending us height par depend karti hai, isliye bends cleanly add nahi hoti — correction term −dP1P2 iske liye account karta hai. Note karo jab d=0 yeh P1+P2 reduce ho jaata hai ✓ (ek accha sanity check).
Ek lens ek slide ki tarah hai jo light ko ek jagah ki taraf dhakelta hai. Ek "strong" lens light ko bahut zor se dhakelta hai, toh woh jaldi milti hai — woh zor push uski power hai. Ek "weak" lens dheere dhakelta hai, light door milti hai. Hum push ko dioptres naam ke number se measure karte hain. Agar tum do lenses ko ek doosre se bilkul sata do, toh tumhe dono pushes ek ke baad ek milti hain — toh tum bas unke power numbers add kar do. Ek concave lens light ko bahar ki taraf dhakelta hai, isliye hum use ek minus push dete hain jo kuch plus cancel kar deta hai.