The plane face of a plano-convex lens is silvered. If μ be the refractive index and R, the radius of curvature of the curved surface, then the system will behave like a concave mirror of curvature.
μR
R2/μ
R/(μ -1)
[(μ + 1)/(μ-1)]R
C.
R/(μ -1)
When an object is placed in front of such a lens, the rays first of all refracted from the convex surface, then refract from the polished plane surface and again refracts from convex surface. If fl and fm be the focal lengths of lens (convex surface) and mirror (plane polished surface) respectively, then effective focal length F is given by