Chapter 5: Q50P (page 1214)
Your boss asks you to design a diffraction grating that will disperse the first-order visible spectrum through an angular range of 27.0掳. (See Example 36.4 in Section 36.5.) (a) What must be the number of slits per centimeter for this grating? (b) At what angles will the first-order visible spectrum begin and end?
Short Answer
(a) The number of slits per centimeter for this grating is 10172
(b) The angle of the first-order visible spectrum begins and end is