A Diffraction Grating Is

question 3

Multiple Choice

A diffraction grating is

• A) a filter for imaging.
• B) a device that uses interference to spread light out into different wavelengths.
• C) a complicated series of prisms.
• D) a device that counteracts the effects of chromatic aberration.
• E) the pattern of light resulting from the spectrum of a star.

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