Re: (fwd) Re: Isn't IR LED an oxymoron?

["Peter Badcock"<pbadcock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know of any IR LEDS which are visible to the naked eye, maybe they 
exist?  However I suggest the term is an oxymoron, simply because the light from
the IR LEDs are not visible.  My little Oxford Dictionary defines 'light' as 'a 
natural agent that makes things visible'  So if the light isn't visible then 
it's not light!
Another reason I think that IR LED is a contradiction in terms is that one 
leading opto electronics company which made these LEDs termed them 'IREDs'  
which makes so much more sense........

regards
Peter


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