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Effect of optical filters and light source spectra on the spectral luminous efficiency function measurement

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During the measurement of spectral luminous efficiency function \(V\left( \lambda \right)\), monochromatic visual stimuli of higher luminance can be obtained by narrow band optical filters with broad band light sources, compared to monochromators. However, the distortion of \(V\left( \lambda \right)\) is inevitably caused due to the bandwidth of the optical filters. In this paper, the effect of optical filters and light source spectra on the spectral luminous efficiency function \(V\left( \lambda \right)\) measurement is studied. Filters with different spectral transmittances and light sources with different spectral power distributions are considered in the model to simulate visual sensitivity experiment. Compared with real \(V\left( \lambda \right)\), the distortion of the simulated \(V\left( \lambda \right)\) caused by the bandwidth of filters is quantitatively evaluated with the aid of a quality indicator, mismatch error \(f'\). Results and conclusions in this paper can be used as a guide to optimize the design of the visual sensitivity experiments for \(V\left( \lambda \right)\) measurement.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61605029) and the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFB0403504).

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    Yajing Ji, Wenyi Li, Muqing Liu & Haiping Shen

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Ji, Y., Li, W., Liu, M. et al. Effect of optical filters and light source spectra on the spectral luminous efficiency function measurement. Opt Rev 27, 149–155 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-020-00577-w

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