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A grating has 470 lines/mm. how many orders of the visible wavelength 538 nm can it produce in addition to the m = 0 order?

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Three complete orders on each side of the m=0 order can be produced in addition to the m=0 order.

The ruling separation is d=1/(470mm-1)

[tex] = 2.1 \times 10 {}^{ - 3}mm [/tex]

Diffraction lines occurs at an angle θ such that dsin=mλ,when λ is the wavelength and m is an integer.

Notice that for a given order,the line associated with a long wavelength is produced at a greater angle than the line associated with shorter wavelength.

we take λ to be the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum (538nm) and find the greatest integer value of m such that θ is less than 90°.

That is,find the greater integer value of m for which mλ<d.

since,d/λ

[tex] = 538 \times 10 {}^{ - 9} m/2.1 \times 10 {}^{ - 6} [/tex]

There are three complete orders on each side of the m=0 order.

The second and third orders overlap.

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