LIGHT FLICKER AND POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS

Potential Biological and Ecological Effects of Flickering Artificial Light

Organisms have evolved under stable natural lighting regimes, employing cues from these to govern key ecological processes. However, the extent and density of artificial lighting within the environment has increased recently, causing widespread alteration of these regimes. Indeed, night-time electric lighting is known significantly to disrupt phenology, behaviour, and reproductive success, and ...

Modulation of fluorescent light: flicker rate and light source effects on visual performance and visual comfort

Light Flicker Caused by Interharmonics

In certain circumstances, superimposed interharmonics in the supply voltage can lead to oscillating luminous flux and cause light flicker. This phenomenon can be observed with filament lamps as well as with fluorescent lamps. Different items are dealt with in this paper: § Presentation of some experimental results: determination of the sensitivity curves for different types of lighting devices,...

Low Cost Device For Light Flicker Measurement

A new instrument for the evaluation of disturbances caused by variations in lamp voltage (light flicker) is proposed, based on light intensity measurements. Unlike current standard (IEC EN 61000-4-15), which determines flicker severity by filtering powering voltage measurements with a standard lamp model (230V/60W), the presented methodology includes the lamp itself in the measurement process, ...

Critical flicker fusion test of potential vision.

PURPOSE To continue developing a potential vision test based on the critical flicker fusion (CFF) phenomenon by using a brighter stimulus and optimizing its size. SETTING Flinders Eye Centre, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia. METHODS In a prospective nonrandomized study, 225 participants were assigned to 1 of 4 groups: normal, media opac...