What is a diffraction grating


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Q: The grating equation tells you at what angles different colors of light will appear: d sin θ= mλ

where d is the separation between the lines on the grating,

m is an integer (i.e., m = 0, ±1, ±2, ±3, etc.) known as the diffraction order number,

λ is the wavelength (with the same length units as d), and

θ is the angle at which light with wavelength L is diffracted.

Make a sketch based on the figure below to show a narrow parallel beam of white light shining onto a grating with line separation d = 1000 nm. Show the angles for red and blue light for m = 0, +1, and -1 by drawing them in appropriate colors.

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