Category:Light sources
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Various sources of light including gas lighting, fluorescent lighting and incandescent lighting | Various sources of light including gas lighting, fluorescent lighting and incandescent lighting | ||
== Subcategories == | == Subcategories == | ||
| − | *'''[[:Category:Electric discharge lighting|Electric discharge lighting]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Electric discharge lighting|Electric discharge lighting]]''' - lighting the occurs through sending an electrical discharge through an ionized gas |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Electric lighting|Electric lighting]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Electric lighting|Electric lighting]]''' - creating lighting using electric charges |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Electroluminescent devices|Electroluminescent devices]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Electroluminescent devices|Electroluminescent devices]]''' - devices that contain materials that illuminate in response to an electric current or electric field |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Fluorescent lighting|Fluorescent lighting]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Fluorescent lighting|Fluorescent lighting]]''' - lighting that uses the rarefied gases in a tube to excite fluorescent materials that coat the tube |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Gas lighting|Gas lighting]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Gas lighting|Gas lighting]]''' - using a gas to produce light through combustion |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Incandescent lighting|Incandescent lighting]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Incandescent lighting|Incandescent lighting]]''' - lighting the comes from heating a filament wire to a high temperature until it glows |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Neon lighting|Neon lighting]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Neon lighting|Neon lighting]]''' - lighting from electrified glass tubes or bulbs that contain neon or other gases |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Stray light|Stray light]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Stray light|Stray light]]''' - light in an optical system that was not intended by the design |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Superluminescent diodes|Superluminescent diodes]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Superluminescent diodes|Superluminescent diodes]]''' - or SLD, an edge-emitting semiconductor light based on superluminescence |
| − | *'''[[:Category:Ultraviolet sources|Ultraviolet sources]]''' | + | *'''[[:Category:Ultraviolet sources|Ultraviolet sources]]''' - sources that emit light in the range of 10 to 400 nm |
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Latest revision as of 19:40, 4 March 2013
Various sources of light including gas lighting, fluorescent lighting and incandescent lighting
Subcategories
- Electric discharge lighting - lighting the occurs through sending an electrical discharge through an ionized gas
- Electric lighting - creating lighting using electric charges
- Electroluminescent devices - devices that contain materials that illuminate in response to an electric current or electric field
- Fluorescent lighting - lighting that uses the rarefied gases in a tube to excite fluorescent materials that coat the tube
- Gas lighting - using a gas to produce light through combustion
- Incandescent lighting - lighting the comes from heating a filament wire to a high temperature until it glows
- Neon lighting - lighting from electrified glass tubes or bulbs that contain neon or other gases
- Stray light - light in an optical system that was not intended by the design
- Superluminescent diodes - or SLD, an edge-emitting semiconductor light based on superluminescence
- Ultraviolet sources - sources that emit light in the range of 10 to 400 nm
Subcategories
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total.
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