Solution

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For normal incidence, adjacent grating lines have optical path difference . Constructive interference at order requires . Differentiating at fixed yields the angular dispersion
It is zero in the zero order and increases in magnitude toward grazing diffraction. An order exists only if . The number of illuminated lines controls peak width and resolving power, but does not alter this angle-versus-wavelength relation.

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