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Chapter 27, Problem 103GP

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The diameter of a collimated laser beam can be expanded or reduced by using two converging lenses, with focal lengths \(f_{1} \text { and } f_{2}\), mounted a distance \(f_{1}+f_{2}\) from each other, as shown in Figure What is the ratio of the two beam diameters, \(\left(d_{1} / d_{2}\right)\), expressed in terms of the focal lengths?

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Text Transcription:

f1 and f2

f1+f2

(d1/d2)

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QUESTION:

The diameter of a collimated laser beam can be expanded or reduced by using two converging lenses, with focal lengths \(f_{1} \text { and } f_{2}\), mounted a distance \(f_{1}+f_{2}\) from each other, as shown in Figure What is the ratio of the two beam diameters, \(\left(d_{1} / d_{2}\right)\), expressed in terms of the focal lengths?

Equation Transcription:

Text Transcription:

f1 and f2

f1+f2

(d1/d2)

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The figure shows a beam of diameter  that passes through two lenses that are separated by the sum of their focal lengths. The lenses increase the diameter of the beam to .

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