monochromator
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- Uses
- Techniques
- Collimation
- Geometrical design of a prism or grating monochromator
- Stray light
- Spectral bandwidth
- Dispersion
- Wavelength range
- Double monochromators
- Diffraction gratings and blazed gratings
- Prisms
- Focal length
- Slit height
- Wavelength vs. energy
- Dynamic range
- Applications
- See also
- References
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thumb|200px|Conceptual animation of the dispersion (or breaking down) of light thumb|200px|Monochromator in an x-ray beamline at the [[Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory.]]
A monochromator is an optical device that transmits a mechanically selectable narrow band of wavelengths of light or other radiation chosen from a wider range of wavelengths available at the input. The name is .
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