enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Light - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light

   Light exerts physical pressure on objects in its path, a phenomenon which can be deduced by Maxwell's equations, but can be more easily explained by the particle nature of light: photons strike and transfer their momentum. Light pressure is equal to the power of the light beam divided by c, the speed of light.

3. Transparency and translucency - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_and_translucency

   Light scattering in liquids and solids depends on the wavelength of the light being scattered. Limits to spatial scales of visibility (using white light) therefore arise, depending on the frequency of the light wave and the physical dimension (or spatial scale) of the scattering center. Visible light has a wavelength scale on the order of 0.5 μm.

4. Brightness - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightness

   When appearing on light bulb packages, brightness means luminous flux, while in other contexts it means luminance. [5] Luminous flux is the total amount of light coming from a source, such as a lighting device. Luminance, the original meaning of brightness, is the amount of light per solid angle coming from an area, such as the sky.

5. Optics - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optics

   These areas of optical science typically relate to the electromagnetic or quantum properties of light but do include other topics. A major subfield of modern optics, quantum optics, deals with specifically quantum mechanical properties of light. Quantum optics is not just theoretical; some modern devices, such as lasers, have principles of ...

6. Optical properties - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_properties

   The optical properties of a material define how it interacts with light. The optical properties of matter are studied in optical physics (a subfield of optics) and applied in materials science. The optical properties of matter include: Refractive index; Dispersion; Transmittance and Transmission coefficient; Absorption; Scattering; Turbidity

7. Luminance - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminance

   The luminance of a specified point of a light source, in a specified direction, is defined by the mixed partial derivative = ⁡ where L v is the luminance ( cd / m 2 ); d 2 Φ v is the luminous flux ( lm ) leaving the area dΣ in any direction contained inside the solid angle dΩ Σ ;

8. AOL Mail

   mail.aol.com

   Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

9. Luminous efficiency function - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_efficiency_function

   There are two luminous efficiency functions in common use. For everyday light levels, the photopic luminosity function best approximates the response of the human eye. For low light levels, the response of the human eye changes, and the scotopic curve applies. The photopic curve is the CIE standard curve used in the CIE 1931 color space.