eo_logo
 
Product added to cart

Knowledge Center/ Glossary/ Diffraction Grating

Diffraction Grating

An optical component used to disperse light into its individual wavelengths. As incident light strikes a transmission grating's groove spacing, it is dispersed on the opposite side of the grating at a fixed angle. As incident light strikes a reflective grating's groove spacing, it is reflected and dispersed on the same  side of the grating at a fixed angle. 

See also Absolute Efficiency , Holographic Grating , Spectrograph , Blaze Angle , Grating Equation , Groove Density , Ruled Grating , Relative Efficiency , Blaze Wavelength , Diffraction

Was this content useful to you?