The centre wavelength is the power-weighted mean wavelength:
and the total power is
where is the power spectral density, for example in W/nm.
The above integrals theoretically extend over the entire spectrum, however, it is usually sufficient to perform the integral over the spectrum where the spectral density is higher than a fraction of its maximum.
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