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IR-radiation source and method for producing same

US5300859A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1991
Grant dateApr 5, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J65/042
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A source of IR-radiation, having an enclosure defining between its walls a sealed-off, electrode-less chamber, the walls having at least one portion transparent to IR-radiation, and the chamber containing a gas mixture of at least one, molecular, IR-active gas, of at least one buffer gas and of at least one noble gas. A method for producing a source of IR-radiation is also described and claimed.

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