Understanding diffraction and dispersion is key to optical science, influencing technologies like spectroscopy, fiber optics, ...

The diffraction grating of a spectrometer partially determines the optical resolution that can be achieved by the spectrometer and also determines the wavelength range. Selecting the correct grating ...

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Spectrometer optics involves measuring light intensity by means of a specialized analytical tool called a spectrometer which separates light by wavelength. Spectrometers are used for a variety of ...

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, Vol. 53, No. 3 (2015), pp. 1585-1607 (23 pages) The diffraction grating problem is modeled by a boundary value problem governed by ...