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 | | Dispersing Prisms - typically, a ray entering a dispersing prism, will emerge having been deflected from its original direction by d (angular deviation); From this expression, it is clear that d increases with n, which is itself a function of frequency, so we might designate the deviation as d(l) or d(n). |
 | | Reflecting Prisms - dispersion is NOT desirable; beam is introduced such that at least one internal reflection takes place: used for 1) changing direction of propagation or 2) changing orientation of image or 3) both. |
 | | effectively make prism out of material, measure a, and dm, n(l) is computed using this equation at every l of interest. |
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