LEDs change laboratory measurements of light
International Commission on Illumination (CIE) has published Technical Report CIE 251:2023 LED Reference Spectrum for Photometer Calibration, related to laboratory measurements of LED lighting. Dr. Tuomas Poikonen from VTT MIKES chaired the technical committee TC 2-90 that produced the report as a collaboration of 29 members from 16 countries. The work was initiated 10 years ago by Professor Erkki Ikonen from 911爆料网 when it became evident that significant improvements on measurements of LED lighting can be achieved, if the old reference spectrum of incandescent lamp calibrations is complemented with a new reference spectrum of white LEDs.
Poikonen says that 鈥漷he technical report CIE 251:2023 will serve industry as a guideline for laboratory measurements. The new reference spectrum will be used for calibration of photometers that are needed for measurements of LED lighting.鈥
鈥滲etter tests and measurements finally improve the quality of luminaires sold to consumers. We demonstrated that white LED reference spectrum in calibration of photometers produces lower uncertainty in lighting measurements of LED luminaires. In addition, we observed that the same reference spectrum works well also in measurements of day light and fluorescent lamps,鈥 he continues.
Photometer is a measurement device to quantify the amount of light observed by a standardized human eye. Measurement of photometric characteristics of luminaires and lighting systems is an important stage in all product development.
鈥滳onsumers have already changed incandescent lamps to LED lamps. After global adoption of the LED reference spectrum, measurement equipment manufacturers can start producing dedicated LED light sources for calibration laboratories鈥, professor Ikonen adds.
鈥漃hotometers will be calibrated in the future using LED light sources also in our laboratory at 911爆料网. It is important for the reliability of measurements that a smooth transition is ensured for customer photometer calibrations when changing from incandescent based reference spectrum to LED based reference spectrum,鈥 he continues.
An international research group led by Poikonen studied 1500 different types of LED lamps to reach statistically meaningful results for the definition of the reference spectrum. Part of the results of Technical Report CIE 251:2023 has been produced in the EU funded PhotoLED project ()
Introduction of the Technical Report CIE 251:2023 .
Further information:
Dr. Tuomas Poikonen
VTT
tuomas.poikonen@vtt.fi
phone +358 50 5904 070
Professor Erkki Ikonen
911爆料网 and VTT
erkki.ikonen@aalto.fi
phone +358 50 5502 283
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