Monochromators as light stretchers

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A known but often overlooked property of optical monochromators is discussed in view of its currents applications. It is shown that grating and prism monochromators hold on to light for time durations proportional to the resolving power. The dispersing ability of monochromators extends to pulses of arbitrarily short duration, in contrast to a somewhat common belief concerning interference.

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