The effect of spectral resolution of light sources on photopic and α-opic quantities

Belal Abboushi; Sarah Safranek; Robert Davis

doi:10.1117/12.2577934

5 March 2021 The effect of spectral resolution of light sources on photopic and α-opic quantities

Belal Abboushi, Sarah Safranek, Robert Davis

Proceedings Volume 11706, Light-Emitting Devices, Materials, and Applications XXV; 117061L (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577934
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2021, Online Only

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There is a growing interest in including light source spectrum in advanced lighting software tools and simulations. Given that traditional lighting software tools have been used primarily for calculating photometric quantities, their simplifying assumptions may not be suitable for calculating other α-opic quantities. Commonly used simulation tools use three values to represent the three primary colors (red, green, and blue), but others have expanded the number of bands (i.e., the spectral resolution) to 9, 27, or 81 in an attempt to more accurately represent variations in light source spectrum and downstream spectrally-derived quantities. It remains unclear, however, to what extent spectral resolution affects calculated quantities. To address this gap, a numerical analysis was completed using a large spectral power distribution database (n = 1,302 light sources). Calculated illuminance, α-opic irradiance, luminous efficacy of radiation (LER), melanopic efficacy of radiation (MER), and melanopic to photopic (M/P) ratio were compared for spectral resolutions of 3 and 9 bands compared to a baseline of 81 bands. Across all examined lighting quantities, considerable errors—a mean absolute percent error of 19%— were found when using 3 band calculations. These were reduced to 4% for 9 band calculations. The errors varied by metric and light source type. The results suggest that the use of 9 bands can more accurately characterize performance of different light source types across a range of metrics compared to using 3 bands.

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Belal Abboushi, Sarah Safranek, and Robert Davis "The effect of spectral resolution of light sources on photopic and α-opic quantities", Proc. SPIE 11706, Light-Emitting Devices, Materials, and Applications XXV, 117061L (5 March 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2577934

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