An initially parallel cylindrical beam travels in a medium of refractive index . The initial shape of the wave front of the beam is:
- Aconvex
- Bconcave
- Cconvex near the axis and concave near the periphery
- Dplanar
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
A parallel cylindrical beam by definition consists of parallel rays. The surfaces of constant phase (wavefronts) perpendicular to these parallel rays are planes. Therefore, the initial wavefront is planar.