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The 20 pages that link to Diffraction grating, each with the reason it gives.

• WavelengthRelated: Its angular dispersion converts wavelength differences into measurable directions.

• Visible spectrumRelated: Gratings resolve visible wavelengths more precisely than a simple color display.

• Astronomical spectroscopyRelated: Many spectrographs use gratings to spread starlight into a spectrum.

• IridescenceRelated: Regular surface patterns can send different wavelengths toward the eye at different angles.

• Structural colorationRelated: Ordered grooves or ridges can spread reflected light into colored bands.

• Spectral resolutionRelated: Its groove count and illuminated width help set a spectrometer’s resolving power.

• MonochromatorRelated: A common dispersive element spreads the source into wavelengths before selection.

• SpectroscopeRelated: Many spectroscopes use its wavelength-dependent diffraction to spread light into a spectrum.

• Wave interferenceRelated: Waves from its many openings interfere to produce sharp angular spectra.

• Anders Jonas ÅngströmRelated: Gratings enabled the precise spectral measurements central to Ångström’s work.

• SpectrometerRelated: Many spectrometers use its wavelength-dependent diffraction to spread light across a detector.

• Dye laserRelated: A grating in the cavity can select a narrow wavelength from the dye's broad gain spectrum.

• Optical spectrometerRelated: Gratings separate wavelengths by sending them along distinct angles.