The invention relates to an optical 
signal technology physical method for preserving vegetables and fruits and an optical 
signal generating device. By adopting a computer programmable pulse scanning 
signal generator, the invention controls a light-emitting device with a red, green and 
blue light source pack to generate a pulse-type optical signal or an optical signal of a pulse-type periodical scanning combined spectrum so as to illuminate fresh vegetables and fruits stored in a storage device under a room-temperature storage condition or a temperature and 
moisture control condition. Under the physical environmental condition of an artificial optical signal, the illuminated fresh vegetables and fruits obtain 
photon energy needed for an optical reaction in 
photosynthesis in an optical signal illumination environment with periodical brightness change so that 
cell tissues recover 
metabolism and maintain the slow operation of 
metabolism and growth 
inertia; through controlling the optical signal of a periodical 
pulse spectrum or a periodical pulse scanning spectrum or a periodical pulse scanning combined spectrum, and the 
illuminance, the 
pulse period and the combined scanning mode of a 
visible spectrum optical signal emitted by the red, green and 
blue light source pack are controllable so as to achieve the aims of controlling the 
slow growth process of the harvested vegetables and fruits under the room-temperature condition or the temperature and 
moisture control condition, effectively prolonging the fresh state of the harvested vegetables and fruits by the slow 
metabolism operation of the preserved vegetables and fruits, keeping the freshness of the stored vegetables and fruits and prolonging the preservation time.