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Consider a plane parallel beam of light incident on a plano-cylindrical lens as shown below. Which of the following will you observe on a screen placed at the focal plane of the lens ?
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Options:
  • A The screen will be uniformly illuminated.
  • B There will be a single bright spot on the screen.
  • C There will be a single bright line on the screen parallel to the $x$-axis
  • D There will be a single bright line on the screen parallel to the y-axis
Solution:
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The correct answer is: There will be a single bright line on the screen parallel to the y-axis


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