Luminous flux

Luminous flux
Luminous flux
Common symbols	Φv
SI unit	lumen
In SI base units	cd⋅sr
Dimension

Photopic (black line) and scotopic ^[1] (green line) luminosity functions. The photopic includes the CIE 1931 standard (solid),^[2] the Judd-Vos 1978 modified data (dashed),^[3] and the Sharpe, Stockman, Jagla & Jägle 2005 data (dotted).^[4] The horizontal axis is wavelength in nm.

In photometry, luminous flux or luminous power is the measure of the perceived power of light. It differs from radiant flux, the measure of the total power of electromagnetic radiation (including infrared, ultraviolet, and visible light), in that luminous flux is adjusted to reflect the varying sensitivity of the human eye to different wavelengths of light.

^ "Scotopic luminosity function".
^ "CIE 2-deg CMFS".
^ "Judd-Vos modified Photopic luminosity function".
^ "Sharpe, Stockman, Jagla & Jägle (2005) 2-deg V*(l) luminous efficiency function". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-10.

[1] "Scotopic luminosity function".

[2] "CIE 2-deg CMFS".

[3] "Judd-Vos modified Photopic luminosity function".

[4] "Sharpe, Stockman, Jagla & Jägle (2005) 2-deg V*(l) luminous efficiency function". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-10.

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Luminous flux
Common symbols	$Φ v$
SI unit	lumen
In SI base units	cd⋅sr
Dimension	${\mathsf {J}}$