In order to better understand of the following technical work it is important to know some definitions of the light engineering. In this chapter I will give a short explanation of some light technical definitions like luminous flux, luminous intensity, illuminace, luminance and inverse square law.
| Title | Symbol | Unit |
| luminous flux | Φ | lumen [lm] |
| luminous intensity | I | candela [cd] |
| illuminance | E | lux [lx] |
| luminance | L | candela per square meter[cd/m²] |
| inverse square law |