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$An argon laser beam consisting of multiple colors (wavelengths) strikes a silicon diffraction mirror grating and is separated into several beams, one for each wavelength. The wavelengths are (left to right) 458nm, 476nm, 488nm, 497nm, 502nm, 515nm.$

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