The closely spaced tracks on a CD act as a diffraction grating, causing the diffraction of light into a spectrum of colors upon reflection.
The spectrum of color in Compact Disc (CD) is due to
Asked in WBPSC CS Prelims 2021 · Topic: Optics (Diffraction: Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, diffraction grating)
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