Characteristics of laser lightin physics

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Laser radiation has the following important characteristics over ordinary light source. They are: i) monochromaticity, ii) directionality, iii) coherence and iv) brightness.

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The briefing note, as well as the FAQs, are intended for the use of clients, designers, and the wider public and supplement our existing Artificial Sport Lighting Design Guide.

Internal and external lighting is especially important when designing and building multi-use games areas (MUGAs) and artificial pitches, as per current industry guidance and standards.

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Our Artificial Sport Lighting Design Guide includes both indoor and outdoor sports lighting and covers current codes on lighting requirements, as well as sports that may need to address special requirements in terms of their visual environment. This design guide aims to:

This briefing note aims to encourage developers of MUGAs and artificial pitches to include outdoor sports lighting within their proposals. It outlines the benefits of including outdoor sports lighting and sets out the three key early steps in the design development process.

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(i) Monochromaticity: A laser beam is more or less in single wavelength. i.e., the line width of laser beams are extremely narrow. The wavelengths spread of conventional light sources is usually 1 in 106, whereas in case of laser light it will be 1 in 1015. i.e., if the frequency of radiation is 1015 Hz, then the width of line will be 1 Hz. So, laser radiation is said to be highly monochromatic. The degree of non-monochrotmaticity has been expressed as where dλ or dν is the variation in wavelength or variation in frequency of radiation. ...

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