Why do we need collimated light on a diffraction grating?

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2022-09-29

Why do we need collimated light on a diffraction grating?

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Iademarco11

Iademarco11

Beginner2022-09-30Added 10 answers

If the beam wasn't collimated then light with different wavelengths but from different parts of the source, arriving at different incidence angles, would be diffracted in the same direction.
This would spoil your wavelength discrimination, contradicting the whole purpose of a diffraction grating.

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