Monochromatic light of wavelength passes through a diffraction grating

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Problem

Monochromatic light of wavelength 520 nm520\,\text{nm} passes through a diffraction grating. Explain briefly why there is an upper limit to the observable order number of the bright fringes for this light, even if the grating has an extremely large number of slits.

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