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|description=A '''light emitting diode''' (LED) is a light source (semiconductor), used in many every-day applications and specifically in [[fluorometry]]. LEDs are available for specific spectral ranges across wavelengths in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode#Colors_and_materials visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range]. | |description=A '''light-emitting diode''' (LED) is a light source (semiconductor), used in many every-day applications and specifically in [[fluorometry]]. LEDs are available for specific spectral ranges across wavelengths in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode#Colors_and_materials visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range]. | ||
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* 50 years before introduction of the [[O2k-Fluorescence LED2-Module]] at the [http://www.oroboros.at/?IOC66 O2k-Fluorescence Workshop, 15-16 March 2012]: 'The first practical visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak | * 50 years before introduction of the [[O2k-Fluorescence LED2-Module]] at the [http://www.oroboros.at/?IOC66 O2k-Fluorescence Workshop, 15-16 March 2012]: 'The first practical visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak .. the "father of the light-emitting diode".' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode#Discoveries_and_early_devices Wikipedia link 2012-02-29]. |
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Description
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a light source (semiconductor), used in many every-day applications and specifically in fluorometry. LEDs are available for specific spectral ranges across wavelengths in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range.
Abbreviation: LED
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Fluorometry,
Spectrophotometry
- 50 years before introduction of the O2k-Fluorescence LED2-Module at the O2k-Fluorescence Workshop, 15-16 March 2012: 'The first practical visible-spectrum (red) LED was developed in 1962 by Nick Holonyak .. the "father of the light-emitting diode".' - Wikipedia link 2012-02-29.