The known combinations of elements that can be used to create the junctions necessary to produce LED light are finite and produce finite wavelengths. Manufacturers are able to pack an incredible amount of junctions onto chips and combine many different elements in very small packages. Those chips produce "broadband" light that appears to most instruments that are designed to measure light as smooth curves with a broad spectrum
all I was asking for is "proof of concept".. Your use of this implies LED spectrums are as punctated as MH or any other light..or worse...
Yet all you give is words.
To the best of my ability I tried to show that, yes, there is "some" output variation from the standard smoothed curves but nowhere near what you imply.. You may be correct, but as they say "show me" a true output spectrum of a white LED.. peaks and valleys and all..
Is that too much to ask?
It would be like me exaggerating the huge dips and spikes of MH and tell you the light is a lot smoother than the data implies.. The data is the data..
In other words the smoothness is completely secondary to spikes and specific LARGE gaps in wavelengths.. How "un-smooth" a white LEd is a non-issue, especially w/out real proof..
Your words, or usage seem to imply otherwise..
IF I am wrong on this, I apologize..I just wanted data, not platitudes..
I also apologize for sounding snippy..it is not meant to be that way..
I'm NOT even arguing whether one is better than the other, just that urban legends should end..or have a better explanation of what it means..
Again the bold above says it all.. that is misleading in the sense that , within most tolerances, or any data I can find, it does not just "appear" to be smooth, but is generally pretty darn smooth..
If you have data worth sharing, I am more than happy to look at it
AND ADMIT you are correct.. now keep in mind an error of say 10-15% in the smoothing is not "significant"..
Maybe you don't mean it the way "I" am taking it..if so another apology in advance....
IF you want to know why I consider it important (even more important than "which light is better".. which by the way is really personal/choice/experience ) is because statements w/ out proof are hearsay, and do not contribute anything to anyone...Exaggeration is no better..
Will be awaiting a "real" LED data set....
http://www.electrochem.org/dl/interface/wtr/wtr09/wtr09_p032-036.pdf
Absorption coefficients are meaningless.. It is only emissions that count...........