what is principal focus ?
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A principal focus or focal point is a special focus:
For a lens, or a spherical or parabolic mirror, it is a point onto which collimated light parallel to the axis is focused. Since light can pass through a lens in either direction, a lens has two focal points – one on each side. The distance in air from the lens or mirror's principal plane to the focus is called the focal length.
Elliptical mirrors have two focal points: light that passes through one of these before striking the mirror is reflected such that it passes through the other.
The focus of a hyperbolic mirror is either of two points which have the property that light from one is reflected as if it came from the other.
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Focus is the point where light rays originating from a point on the object converge. The principal focus is defined as the point where a beam parallel to the principal axis appears to diverge converges from a point on the principal axis after passing through the lens.
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Principle focus is the point on the axis of a convex lens, where the parallel rays of light from one side of the lens. meet on other side after refraction. Distance between optical centre to principle focus point is the focal length.