LEDs and plant lighting
Members:
Professor, D.Sc. (Tech.) Liisa
Halonen
Research Scientist, D.Sc. (Tech.) Paulo
Pinho
Research Areas:
- Usage and Control of LEDs
- Usage of LEDs in Plant Cultivation
Facilities:
- Integrating Sphere
- Spectroradiometer
- Thermoradiometer
- Electrical Measurements
- Dark Room
Research Projects:
- SSHLighting- Solid-State Horticulture lighting (2009-2011)
- LEDFlowers - LED Luminaire for Plant Cultivation (2008-2011)
- LED Luminaire - from semiconductor chip to controllable energy efficient lighting system (2007-2009)
- LED-based Lighting System for Plants Illumination (2004-2006)
Publications
- Pinho, P., Nyrhilä, R., Särkkä, L., Tahvonen, R., Tetri, E., Halonen, L., Evaluation of Lettuce Growth under Multi-spectral-component Supplemental Solid State Lighting in Greenhouse Environment. International Review of Electrical Engineering (I.R.E.E.), 2007, vol. 2(6), pp. 854-860.
- Urbonaviciute, A., Pinho, P., Samuoliene, G., Duchovskis, P., Vitta, P., Stonkus, A., Tamulaitis, G.,ukauskas, A., Halonen, L., Influence of bicomponent complimentary illumination on development of radish. Scientific Works of the Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture and Lithuanian University of Agriculture - Sodininkyste ir Darininkyste vol. 26(4), pp. 309-315, 2007.
- Urbonaviciute, A.; Pinho, P.; Samuoliene, G.; Duchovskis, P.; Vitta, P.; Stonkus, A.; Tamulaitis, G.; ukauskas, A.; Halonen, L.; Effect of short-wavelength light on lettuce growth and nutritional quality. Scientific Works of the Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture and Lithuanian University of Agriculture - Sodininkyste ir Darininkyste, 2007. Vol. 26(1), pp. 157-165.
- Särkkä, L., Nyrhilä R.; Rosvall, T.; Tahvonen, R.; Pinho P.; Tetri, E.; Halonen, L.; LED-valot: mahdollisuuksia vai toiveita kasvien valotuksessa, Puutarha&Kauppa-lehti, nro:11, 5/2007, sivunro: 20-21.
- Pinho, P.; Tetri, E.; Halonen, L., Synergies of controller-based LED drivers and quality solid-state lighting. 2nd Conference on Ph.D. Research in MicroElectronics and Electronics (PRIME 2006), Otranto (Lecce), Italy, June 12-15, 2006, pp. 405-408.(International publication)
- Moisio, O., Pajula, M., Pinho, P., Tetri, E., Halonen, L., Sepponen, R., Use of junction temperature in control of CCT in LED luminaire. CIE Midterm Meeting and International Lighting Congress, Congreso Internacional de Iluminación - El alumbrado en el siglo XXI, Léon, Spain, May 12-21, 2005. (International publication)
- Pinho, P., Tetri, E., Halonen, L., Design and performance assessments of solid state light sources for plant growth. Lux Europa 2005 Lighting for humans - The 10th European Lighting Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 19-21, 2005, Deutsche Lichttechnische Gesellschaft e.V. , pp. 297-301. (International publication)
- Pinho, P., Moisio, O., Tetri, E., Halonen, L. Photobiological aspects of crop plants grown under light emitting diodes. CIE Expert Symposium on LED Light Sources, Tokyo, Japan, June 7-8, 2004, CIE Central Bureau, pp. 71-74. (International publication)



