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Past exam of the physics 2 paper of the University of Oxford 2019 7 b Solution by
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Set the red image at coordinate zero, the blue image at , and the screen at . Let the correcting thin lens be at , with . Both original images are then real objects for the correcting thin lens, with positive object distances , , and common positive image distance . The thin lens equation givesThe refractive indices and Lensmaker's equation requireSubstitute the two focal lengths and cancel :Thus the correcting thin lens is beyond the red image and before the screen. The required focal lengths and surface radius areThe blue focal length is shorter because the blue refractive index is larger; these two differing object distances are mapped to the same screen, removing the specified longitudinal chromatic aberration.
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