Influence of flicker characteristics on stroboscopic effects. (November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bullough, JD; Marcus, D
• Is Part Of: Lighting research & technology. Volume 48:Number 7(2016)
• Page Start: 857
• Page End: 870
• Publication Date: 2016-11
• Subjects: Lighting -- Periodicals; 621.32
• DOI: 10.1177/1477153515599566
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-1535

Abstract

This paper describes two human factors experiments designed to assess the influence of flicker characteristics on the perception of stroboscopic effects from flickering light. Specifically, the following factors were investigated: temporal waveform shape, frequency, duty cycle, percent flicker and flicker index. For a given frequency, the flicker index appears to be more predictive of the detection and acceptability of stroboscopic effects than the percent flicker value.