The invention provides a spectra 
irradiance standard 
light source which is used for radiometric calibrations of 
ultraviolet optical instruments, which comprises a 
light source component, a lifting holdfast, a collimating component, and a lamp chamber, wherein the front end of the lamp chamber is provided with a window which is used for outputting 
xenon lamp radiations, a 
xenon lamp power supply is connected with a 
xenon lamp electrically, a port of a cylinder 
lens hood is communicated and installed concentrically with the window which is on the lamp chamber, a piece of lens and a diaphragm are arranged in turn on a 
xenon lamp radiation light path inside the 
lens hood, the 
xenon lamp is located on the focus of the lens, the diaphragm is located on the other side, the collimating component and the lamp chamber are installed commonly on the lifting holdfast, an extra-quiet 
xenon lamp which is selected by the invention has a short arc xenon lamp which has a comparatively strong 
radiation strength in an 
ultraviolet wave band, the invention also adopts a high durable 
cathode which enables that arc points of the xenon lamp has no drifts and fluctuations , the 
light source can be used for 
ultraviolet wave band200-2000nm, visible 
wave band, and near 
infrared wave band, in particular for the ultraviolet wave band with a wave length less than 400nm, and 
signal-to-
noise ratios of calibrations can be increased effectively due to 
high irradiance.