A spectrometer takes light from some source ... The result is this rainbow effect you see with a prism. If you are in a physics lab, you will likely have access to a slightly more sophisticated ...

Spectroscopy seems simple: split a beam of light into its constituent wavelengths with a prism or diffraction ... s write-up of his optical scanning spectrometer project, but no devils.

We know the effect of passing white light through a prism and seeing the color spectrum ... The device which does this is called a spectrometer and [Justin Atkin] invites us along for his build.