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Track listing

"793 (Slaget om Lindisfarne)" (793 (The Battle of Lindisfarne)) – 16:10
"Hordalendigen" (The Man from Hordaland) – 5:19
"Alfablot" (Sacrifice to the Elves) – 6:33
"Kvasirs Blod" (The Blood of Kvasir) – 7:51
"For Lenge Siden" (A Long Time Ago) – 8:08
"Glemt" (Forgotten) – 8:04
"Eld" (Fire) – 6:36

Credits

Ivar Bjørnson - Guitar, Keyboards
Grutle Kjellson - Bass, Vocals
Harald Helgeson - Drums

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Electroluminescent display

Electroluminescence (EL) is an optical and electrical phenomenon where a material emits light in response to an electric current passed through it, or to a strong electric field. Electroluminescent Displays (ELDs) are a type of display created by sandwiching a layer of electroluminescent material such as GaAs between two layers of conductors. When current flows, the layer of material emits radiation in the form of visible light.

EL was first observed in 1907 by Captain Henry Joseph Round in silicon carbide (SiC), although ELD technology was not made commercially available until the 1980s.

Mechanism

EL works by exciting atoms by passing an electric current through them, causing them to emit photons. By varying the material being excited, the colour of the light emitted can be changed. The actual ELD is constructed using flat, opaque electrode strips running parallel to each other, covered by a layer of electroluminescent material, followed by another layer of electrodes, running perpendicular to the bottom layer. This top layer must be transparent in order to let light escape. At each intersection, the material lights, creating a pixel.