Definitions
Luminous Flux [lm]
Luminous flux is the quantity of the energy of the light emitted per second in all directions. The unit of luminous flux is lumen (lm). One lumen is the luminous flux of the uniform point light source that has luminous intensity of 1 candela and is contained in one unit of spatial angle (or 1 steradian). Steradian is the spatial angle that limits the surface area of the sphere equal to the square of the radius. This concept is shown in the figure for 1 m radius of the sphere. Since the area of sphere is 4?r2 then the luminous flux of the point light source is 4? lumens
Luminous Intensity [cd]
The luminous intensity (measured in candelas) is the amount of
