Medium pressure mercury discharge for use as an intense white light source

In this paper, we demonstrate the possibilities that exist in developing a high brightness white light source. The lamp employs mercury at a few Torr and is operated with short pulses of the order of 1 ms at a frequency of 10 kHz. The emission spectrum is atomic in nature and the white light is the...

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Published in:Journal of physics. D, Applied physics Applied physics, 2005-09, Vol.38 (17), p.3208-3216
Main Authors: Kitsinelis, S, Devonshire, R, Stone, D A, Tozer, R C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arcs, sparks, lightning
Electric discharges
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Optical sources and standards
Optics
Other gas discharges
Physics
Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
Physics of plasmas and electric discharges
Visible and ultraviolet sources
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Summary:In this paper, we demonstrate the possibilities that exist in developing a high brightness white light source. The lamp employs mercury at a few Torr and is operated with short pulses of the order of 1 ms at a frequency of 10 kHz. The emission spectrum is atomic in nature and the white light is the outcome of a relative enhancement of the mercury yellow lines at 577 and 579 nm with respect to the rest of the visible lines, which shifts the colour coordinates of the source towards the black body locus of the chromaticity diagram. The pulse operation of a lamp containing mercury at a vapour pressure of 20 Torr offers a greater near-UV and visible output compared to a phosphor-uncoated, low-pressure pulsed compact mercury discharge.
ISSN:0022-3727
1361-6463
DOI:10.1088/0022-3727/38/17/S24