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Title: Powerful glow discharge excilamp

Abstract

A powerful glow discharge lamp comprising two coaxial tubes, the outer tube being optically transparent, with a cathode and anode placed at opposite ends of the tubes, the space between the tubes being filled with working gas. The electrodes are made as cylindrical tumblers placed in line to one other in such a way that one end of the cathode is inserted into the inner tube, one end of the anode coaxially covers the end of the outer tube, the inner tube penetrating and extending through the anode. The increased electrodes' surface area increases glow discharge electron current and, correspondingly, average radiation power of discharge plasma. The inner tube contains at least one cooling liquid tube placed along the axis of the inner tube along the entire lamp length to provide cathode cooling. The anode has a circumferential heat extracting radiator which removes heat from the anode. The invention is related to lighting engineering and can be applied for realization of photostimulated processes under the action of powerful radiation in required spectral range.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [2]
  1. Tomsk, RU
  2. Danville, CA
  3. Livermore, CA
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
874370
Patent Number(s):
6376972
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
powerful; glow; discharge; excilamp; lamp; comprising; coaxial; tubes; outer; tube; optically; transparent; cathode; anode; placed; opposite; space; filled; gas; electrodes; cylindrical; tumblers; line; inserted; inner; coaxially; covers; penetrating; extending; increased; surface; increases; electron; current; correspondingly; average; radiation; power; plasma; contains; cooling; liquid; axis; entire; length; provide; circumferential; heat; extracting; radiator; removes; related; lighting; engineering; applied; realization; photostimulated; processes; action; required; spectral; range; glow discharge; discharge plasma; /313/

Citation Formats

Tarasenko, Victor F, Panchenko, Aleksey N, Skakun, Victor S, Sosnin, Edward A, Wang, Francis T, Myers, Booth R, and Adamson, Martyn G. Powerful glow discharge excilamp. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
Tarasenko, Victor F, Panchenko, Aleksey N, Skakun, Victor S, Sosnin, Edward A, Wang, Francis T, Myers, Booth R, & Adamson, Martyn G. Powerful glow discharge excilamp. United States.
Tarasenko, Victor F, Panchenko, Aleksey N, Skakun, Victor S, Sosnin, Edward A, Wang, Francis T, Myers, Booth R, and Adamson, Martyn G. Tue . "Powerful glow discharge excilamp". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874370.
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journal, February 1998


Characteristics of an exciplex KrCl lamp pumped by a volume discharge
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Coaxial excimer lamps pumped by barrier and longitudinal discharges
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Efficient emission from an He—Xe—NF 3 mixture pumped by a glow discharge
journal, May 1996


Excilamp producing up to 130 W of output power and possibility of its applications
journal, June 1997


A planar XeCl-exilamp pumped by a low-pressure glow discharge
journal, December 1997


Improvement of output parameters of glow discharge UV excilamps
journal, March 1999