Sunday, December 9, 2012

LED emission spectra





A student gave me a decoration that contains red, green, and blue LEDs that light up apparently randomly alone and together.  I used an Ocean Optics USB2000 spectrometer with a fiber optic sensor to study the glow.  The Overture software that I used has this cute feature that overlays colors on the visble light spectra.  The emissions from each color of LED (red ~650 nm, green ~515 nm, and blue ~465nm) are quite clear in these spectra.

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