Class: LightSource

The lightsource for the instrument.

An instrument may have several light sources. The type of lightsource is specified by one of the child-elements which are ‘Laser’, ‘Filament’, ‘Arc’ or ‘LightEmittingDiode’. Each of the light source types has its own Type attribute to further differentiate the light source (eg, Nd-YAG for Laser or Hg for Arc).

Attributes

annotation_ref : list[AnnotationRef] (The LightSource AnnotationRefs). id : str A LightSource ID must be specified for each light source, and the individual light sources can be referred to by their LightSource IDs (eg from Channel). power : None | float The light-source power. Units are set by PowerUnit. power_unit : UnitsPower The units of the Power - default:milliwatts[mW].

URI: core:LightSource

Parents

• is_a: ManufacturerSpec -

Children

• Arc -

• Filament -

• GenericExcitationSource -

• Laser -

• LightEmittingDiode -

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Own

• ➞manufacturer _0..1

  • Range: String

• ➞model _0..1

  • Range: String

• ➞serial_number _0..1

  • Range: String

• ➞lot_number _0..1

  • Range: String

• ➞power _0..1

  • Range: Integer