The original experiment for plotting the melatonin action spectrum involved instantaneous purified wavelengths.
This is not typical light that enters the eye.
I suggest superimposing white light on top of each purified wavelength and develop the family of curves as purified colors will likely have the left most peak action wavelength, but purified color + increasing amounts of white will move the peak ac...
The original experiment for plotting the melatonin action spectrum involved instantaneous purified wavelengths.
This is not typical light that enters the eye.
I suggest superimposing white light on top of each purified wavelength and develop the family of curves as purified colors will likely have the left most peak action wavelength, but purified color + increasing amounts of white will move the peak action wavelength to the right, due to how the L and M cones constructively enhance the ipRGC signal during day- light adaptation.
I would also hope to see such a family of curves for values of intensity that fit under the night-adaptation category.
Such a family of curves would have utility from a circadian driver point of view when incorporating white light into the human living space, to defeat morning/mid-day SAD issues or evening circadian disruption issues.
I am an electrical engineer working on solutions to circadian disruption