PHOTONIC ENGINE SYSTEM FOR ACTUATING THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN
FIG3 is a top plan view of a tray of a lighting assembly for growing plant life
In one embodiment, each lighting element 32 causes the emission of blue wavelength (450-495 nm) light, ultraviolet light and near ultraviolet light (350-450 nm), red light (620-750 nm) or electromagnetic radiation is utilized. Specifically, lighting elements 32 have electromagnetic radiation/ultraviolet/blue wavelength lighting elements and red wavelength elements combined on the same tray 28 as shown in FIG3 as lighting elements 32a and 32b. Such blue and red wavelength lighting elements 32a and 32b in one embodiment have light duration periods that are different. So, as an example, a first blue wavelength lighting element has a light duration period of 3 ms while a red wavelength lighting element has a light duration of 2 seconds.
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['1. A horticulture system for growing plants under artificial lighting in an environment, the system comprising: at least one lighting device, the at least one lighting device having a first lighting element (32a) configured to emit light at a wavelength that is within 20 nanometers of a peak absorption of a pigment of a plant (14) positioned in spaced relation to the at least one lighting device to receive light emitted by the at least one lighting device, characterized in that the horticultural system is configured such that light from the first lighting element is pulsed with emission during first, second and third lighting intervals with a first dark interval provided between the first and second lighting intervals and a second dark interval provided between the second and third lighting intervals; and the horticulture system further comprises at least one further lighting element configured to emit a background light with an intensity lower than an intensity of the light emitted by the first lighting element during the first, second and third lighting interval.', '5. The system of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the intensity of the background light is less than 3 lumens.']