the approximate wavelength range for visible light is 390 to 700 nm.
the approximate wavelength range for visible light is 390 to 700 nm.
what is the approximate wavelength range for visible light?
390 to 700 nm
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the precision to which a parabolic dish must be made in order to focus energy well depends on the wavelength of the energy. if the dish is wrong by a quarter of a wavelength, then the reflected energy will be wrong by a half wavelength, which means that it will interfere destructively with energy that has been reflected properly from another part of the dish. to prevent this, the dish must be made correctly to within about of a wavelength. the wavelength range of visible light is between about 400 and 700 nanometres (nm), so in order to focus all visible light well, a reflector must be correct to within about 20 nm. for comparison, the diameter of a human hair is usually about 50,000 nm, so the required accuracy for a reflector to focus visible light is about 2500 times less than the diameter of a hair. for example, the flaw in the hubble space telescope mirror (too flat by about 2,200 nm at its perimeter) caused severe spherical aberration until corrected with costar.
parabolic reflector