Preferred Label : monochromator;
IUPAC definition : Optical device that transmits a mechanically selectable narrow band of wavelengths
of electromagnetic radiation chosen from a wider range of wavelengths available at
the input.;
Scope note : to spatially separate the wavelengths, a monochromator can use either the phenomenon
of optical dispersion in a prism, or that of diffraction using a grating.;
Origin ID : M04009;
See also
Optical device that transmits a mechanically selectable narrow band of wavelengths
of electromagnetic radiation chosen from a wider range of wavelengths available at
the input.
