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The forward voltage drop (about 1.7 V for a red LED or 1.2V for an infrared) can be used instead of a Zener diode in low-voltage regulators. Red LEDs have the flattest I/V curve above the knee. Nitride-based LEDs have a fairly steep I/V curve and are useless for this purpose.
The wavelength of the light emitted is a function of the band gap of the semiconductor material used; materials such as gallium arsenide, and others, with various trace doping elements, are used to produce different colors of light. Another type of LED uses a quantum dot which can have its properties and wavelength adjusted by its size. Light ...
is the LED's forward voltage drop in volts when lit. and the LED's light frequency (which we perceive as color) increase with the band gap of the LED's materials. Consequently, ranges from around 1.7 to 2.0 volts for red LEDs to around 2.8 to 4.0 volts for violet LEDs.
The luminous flux accounts for the sensitivity of the eye by weighting the power at each wavelength with the luminosity function, which represents the eye's response to different wavelengths. The luminous flux is a weighted sum of the power at all wavelengths in the visible band. Light outside the visible band does not contribute.
The direct bandgap of AlGaInP encompasses the energy range of visible light (1.7 eV - 3.1 eV). By selecting a specific composition of AlGaInP, the bandgap can be selected to correspond to the energy of a specific wavelength of visible light. For instance, this can be used to obtain LEDs that emit red, orange, or yellow light. [1]
In frequency (and thus energy), UV rays sit between the violet end of the visible spectrum and the X-ray range. The UV wavelength spectrum ranges from 399 nm to 10 nm and is divided into 3 sections: UVA, UVB, and UVC. UV is the lowest energy range energetic enough to ionize atoms, separating electrons from them, and thus causing chemical reactions.
LEDs produce wavelengths that span from UV-A (350 nm) to near-infrared (NIR) (1100 nm). [14] The wavelength of the LED light can target different tissues. Long wavelength lights such as NIR/dark red(600-1000 nm) can have better tissue penetration and can easily absorb cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) targets by PBMT.
Judd et al. then extended the reconstituted SPDs to 300 nm – 330 nm and 700 nm – 830 nm by using Moon's spectral absorbance data of the Earth's atmosphere. [14] The tabulated SPDs presented by the CIE today are derived by linear interpolation of the 10 nm data set down to 5 nm . [ 15 ]