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Very high efficacy electrodeless high intensity discharge lamps

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5851383
This patent describes an electrodeless arc lamp for forming a ring shaped plasma in a region therein during operation comprising a tube having a raised bottom center section, and an optically transparent outer jacket hermetically sealing the tube to protect the tube from cooling by convection. The raised center section rises centrally to form a ring shaped reservoir below the region in which the rig shaped plasma is formed to minimize wall cooling during operation of the lamp so that there is enhanced excitation near the center of the tube.
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
Patent Number(s):
US 4705987
OSTI ID:
5851383
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English