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US Naval Academy Summer Stem 2019: Diffraction Grating

In this module, we used special glasses that separated white light into rainbows.

$US Naval Academy Summer Stem 2019: Diffraction Grating$
$US Naval Academy Summer Stem 2019: Diffraction Grating$
$US Naval Academy Summer Stem 2019: Diffraction Grating$
$US Naval Academy Summer Stem 2019: Diffraction Grating$

The closely spaced lines in a diffraction grating act as light sources radiating in all directions. There are special directions where all these light sources combine to reinforce one another by constructive interference.

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