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Diffraction of Light

Problem 5.145

How wide is the base of a trihedral prism which has the same resolving power as a diffraction grating with 10000 lines in the second order of the spectrum if \(|\vec{d}| / d \lambda \mid=0.10 \mu \mathrm{m}^{-1} ?\)

Reveal Answer
 About 20 cm\text { About } 20 \mathrm{~cm}