Answer the questions : Ray optics is based on the assumption that light travels in a straight line. Diffraction effects (observed when light propagate

Answer the questions :
Ray optics is based on the assumption that light travels in a straight line. Diffraction effects (observed when light propagates through small apertures/slits or around sauall obstacles) disprove this assumption. Yet the ray optics assumption is so commonly used in understanding location and several other properties of images in optical instruments. What is the justification ?

Monjur Alahi

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2025-01-04 04:42

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Salim Ahmed Kawsar

Typical sizes of apertures involved in ordinary optical instruments are much larger than. the wavelength.

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