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A Diffraction Demo

In this demonstration of the wavelength dependence of diffraction, run at a photonics outreach event, red and green laser pointers are combined via total internal reflection in an acrylic prism, and then made incident on a plastic grating. Reflected orders are also visible.

—Srikanth Sugavanam, Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University, U.K.