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List of light sources

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This is a list of sources of light, including both natural and artificial sources, and both processes and devices . A typical "light source" emits a certain kind of electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum. See also List of reflected light sources This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it (//en.wik ipedia.org/w/index.php? title=List_of_light_sources&action=edit).
A video of atmospheric Lightning, w hich can be a spectacular source of illumination.

Contents
1 Combustion 2 Natural 2.1 Celestial and atmospheric light 2.2 Terrestrial 3 Direct chemical 4 Electric powered 4.1 Electron-stimulated 4.2 Incandescent lamps 4.3 Electroluminescent (EL) lamps 4.4 Gas discharge lamps 4.4.1 High-intensity discharge lamps 4.5 Lasers 5 Other 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Combustion
Fire Acetylene/Carbide Argand Candle Diya Gas Kerosene Lantern Limelight Oil Rushlight Torch

A small fire in a backyard fire pit.

Natural
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Celestial and atmospheric light

Astronomical objects Sun (sunlight, solar radiation) Sunset & sunrise Diffuse sky radiation Corona Photosphere Starlight (Stars forming groups such as star clusters and galaxies and indirectly lighting nebulae) Bright star (list) Deep sky objects including quasars, accretion discs around black holes, blazars, magnetars, misc. nebulae, pulsars Supernova / nova / hypernova Milky Way Atmospheric entry (via ionization and/or heating; can be man-made, also) Meteors Meteor showers (articles, list) Bolide Earth-grazing fireball Lightning (Plasma (physics)) Sprite (lightning) Ball lightning Upper-atmospheric lightning Dry lightning Aurorae erenkov radiation (from cosmic rays hitting atmosphere)

The Sun

Starry sky crossed w ith the Milky Way and a shooting star

Terrestrial
Bioluminescence Luciferase - found in glowworms (Arachnocampa and Phengodidae), fireflies (Lampyridae), and certain bacteria Aequorea victoria (a type of jellyfish) Antarctic krill Parchment worm (Chaetopterus), which exhibits blue bioluminescence despite having no light sensitivity Cavitation bubbles The common piddock (Pholas dactylus ) Foxfire, one of up to 71 known species of luminescent fungus Glowworm Sonoluminescence Incandescence Lava Volcanic Volcanic eruption (lightning, heated material) Radioluminescence (man-made) Triboluminescence (also man-made)
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Emission nebula and stars

A bioluminescent fungus

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Piezoluminescence Earthquake light Annihilation Bremsstrahlung Cyclotron radiation Synchrotron light; see also synchrotron radiation Scintillation

A volcano

Direct chemical
Chemoluminescence (lightsticks) Fluorescence Phosphorescence

Electric powered
Electron-stimulated
Cathodoluminescence Cathode ray tube (CRT monitor) Electron stimulated luminescence (ESL light bulbs)

Incandescent lamps
See also: Incandescence Carbon button lamp Conventional incandescent light bulbs Flashlight Halogen lamps Globar Nernst lamp

Some common electric lamps, w ith their color temperatures

Electroluminescent (EL) lamps

Main article: Electroluminescence Light-emitting diodes Organic light-emitting diodes Polymer light-emitting diodes Solid-state lighting LED lamp Light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) Electroluminescent sheets Electroluminescent wires Field-induced polymer electroluminescent (FIPEL)[1]
Filament of an incandescent closeup

Gas discharge lamps

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Main article: Gas discharge lamp Induction lighting Fluorescent lamps Compact fluorescent lamps Tanning lamp Black light Hollow cathode lamp Excimer lamps Neon and argon lamps Dekatron Nixie tube Plasma lamp Xenon flash lamp High-intensity discharge lamps Main article: High-intensity discharge lamp Carbon arc lamps Ceramic discharge metal halide lamps Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lamps Mercury-vapor lamps Metal halide lamps Sodium vapor lamps Sulfur lamp Xenon arc lamps

Lasers
Lasers, Laser diode

Other
Electrodeless lamp Blackbody radiation Liter of Light

See also
List of plasma (physics) applications articles Photometry (optics) Spectrometer Luminous efficacy

References
1. ^ Goodbye, fluorescent light bulbs: New lighting technology won't flicker, shatter or burn out December 3, 2012 (http://phys.org/news/2012-12-goodbye-fluorescent-bulbs-technology-wont.html#ajTabs)

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External links
A CD spectrometer (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~zhuxj/astro/html/spectrometer.html) Color spectrographs of common light sources The Double Amici Prism Hand-Held Spectroscope in Practice (http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/spectroscope/amici.html) - Dozens of raw visible spectra of a wide variety of light sources. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_light_sources&oldid=578841500" Categories: Light Technology-related lists Electronics lists Light sources
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