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Problem 47.26 (RHK)


We have to show that the dispersion of a grating can be written as

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The angular separation per unit wavelength is called the dispersion of grating.

We will obtain the expression for the dispersion of grating by using the grating equation

We use angle and wavelength as variables, and by differentiation obtain the relation