Abstract:
A high pressure alkaline metal discharge lamp includes a ceramic arctube and a discharge-sustaining fill. The fill contains rare gas and alkali metal, the alkali metal being cesium, rubidium, potassium or mixtures thereof. The fill is mercury free and cadmium free. The alkali metal vapor pressure during operation is at least 2 atmospheres.
Abstract:
A sulfur lamp, is provided, including a power supply that supplies electrical power, a transparent bulb having a space inside that contains sulfur and a plurality of electrodes. Additionally, a portion of each electrode may be inserted into the space and an end of each electrode may be connected to the power supply such that the sulfur is excited by an electric discharge thereby emitting light. A portion of the electrode inserted into the space may be coated with a protective layer to prevent a chemical reaction of between the electrode and the sulfur. Further, the changing of the sulfur (contained in the space of the bulb) into a plasma phase may be accomplished by utilizing the electrodes (not microwaves). Therefore, a need to utilize a magnetron (which is low in energy transfer rate) may be eliminated, thereby increasing a system efficacy and saving a cost of replacing the magnetron.
Abstract:
A light-emitting material is provided allowing a light-emitting body having an excellent low-excitation characteristic and high brightness to be obtained by using a light-emitting material containing a light-emitting base material that emits light through radiative transition of electrons in material atoms, the light-emitting base having nanoparticles added thereto and dispersed therein, the light-emitting material also allowing a reduction in excitation energy and an increase in brightness to be simultaneously achieve, thereby allowing, for a wide range of light-emitting bodies, a reduction in excitation energy and a significant improvement in brightness to be achieved in a simple structure. Also provided is a light-emitting body having the light-emitting material and a light-emitting method.
Abstract:
A high-pressure discharge lamp having a support structure for supporting a light emission tube so as to restrict its displacement in a direction perpendicular to the axis line thereof. A pair of thermal-stress generation members generates thermal stresses due to a temperature change at a time of switching the high-pressure discharge lamp from an on status to an off status. The thermal stresses acts as forces directed downward in a vertical direction and outward with respect to the light emission tube on side tube portions of the light emission tube arranged in a posture where the axis line extends in a horizontal direction.
Abstract:
In the metal halide high-pressure discharge lamp for stage, film and television lighting systems and for projection technology and effect lighting, the discharge vessel contains indium and/or tin and/or thallium as metals for the metal halides. Optimum results for dimmability, arc instability and color rendering are achieved if the fill additionally includes 0.12 to 3.8 μmol of vanadium and if appropriate 0.05 to 1.0 μmol of zirconium per ml of vessel volume. These metals achieve improved color rendering of greater than 85 and improved red rendering.
Abstract:
A high-pressure discharge lamp has a discharge vessel (10) enclosing a discharge space (11) which contains an ionizable filling. The discharge vessel has a first (2) and a second (3) mutually opposed neck-shaped portion provided with a pair of electrodes (6, 7) arranged in the discharge space (13). Each electrode is tubular over its entire length. Preferably, the electrodes are free from coils in the discharge space. Preferably, the electrodes extend to outside the discharge vessel. The high-pressure discharge lamp according to the invention is relatively easy to manufacture.
Abstract:
A ceramic arctube for use in a high intensity discharge lamp. The arctube includes a ceramic light transmitting tube which surrounds the arc. The light transmitting tube has two or more features selected from the group consisting of (a) an inner diameter less than 2.6 mm, (b) a wall thickness of less than 1.4 mm, (c) an average grain size of greater than 20 microns or less than 5 microns or real in-line transmission (RIT) greater than 20%, and (d) an inner surface or outer surface having an Ra value less than 100 nm. These features lead to a smaller apparent size of the arc source and less scattering of light, resulting in improved performance of the arctube in a reflector lamp.
Abstract:
Alkali electric discharges have been considered previously for night-vision illuminator applications due to copious near-infrared emissions. However, high-pressure alkali short arc lamps exhibited low brightness, particularly at the cathode tip. The cause of this phenomenon is now recognized and a lamp invented which exhibits a small volume arc of high brightness. This lamp has better beam collimation and focussing characteristics than previously tested alkali lamps.
Abstract:
In the method for producing a seal of a hollow chamber (12) of a glass tube (10), wherein the hollow chamber (12) contains fillers at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere, the glass tube (10) is disposed in a working chamber (30) in which a pressure is generated that is greater than the pressure prevailing in the hollow chamber (12). The working chamber (30) contains a heating unit (50), which encompasses the glass tube (10) in a section (16) adjoining the hollow chamber (12) on at least one end and which melts the section (16) so that when melted, it is squeezed together by the pressure prevailing in the working chamber (30), thus sealing the hollow chamber (12) on at least one end. The glass tube (10) preferably constitutes a burner of a discharge lamp, in particular for use in motor vehicle headlights.
Abstract:
An electric discharge tube withstands a large electric input, and has a small size. This discharge tube provides a small photographic strobe device and a small photographic camera. The discharge tube includes a glass bulb having a wall thickness ranging from 0.2 to 0.6 mm and filled with rare gas, a pair of main electrodes provided at both ends of the glass bulb, respectively, a trigger electrode formed on the outer surface of the glass bulb, and a film of silicon dioxide having a thickness ranging from 0.05 to 0.11 &mgr;m formed inside of the glass bulb. An electric power not larger than 0.90 Ws/mm3 with respect to the inner volume of the glass bulb is applied between the main electrodes.