Leumas Physics

Diffraction Grating

d·sin(θ) = m·λ

What it says

The diffraction-grating equation gives the angle at which the m-th order bright fringe appears for light of wavelength λ passing through a grating with slit spacing d.

Symbols

SymbolQuantityDimension
θDiffraction angle (rad)1
dGrating spacing (m)L
mDiffraction order (integer)1
λWavelength (m)L

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