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Author: David Halliday, Robert Resnick, Jearl Walker

Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated

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In physics, the term diffraction is defined as the bending of light around the corners of the obstacle. As a light ray passes by an aperture, it bends around the edges or through slits, it spreads out through a narrow opening. The diffracted light will p…

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(a) For a given diffraction grating, does the smallest difference Δλ in two wavelengths that can be resolved increase, decrease, or remain the same as the wavelength increases? (b) For a given wavelength region (say, around 500 nm), is Δλ greater in the first order or in the third order?

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