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Blue light electrodeless high intensity discharge lamp system

US6157141A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1998
Grant dateDec 5, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J65/044
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrodeless high intensity discharge lamp with a lamp fill material including gallium iodide has been found to be more efficient in generating light in general, and more efficient in generating blue light. The very small size of the lamp, in combination with the high intensity in a relatively narrow blue spectral range make the lamp particularly useful in supplying blue light to a fiber optic. The relative efficiency of the lamp increases its value. In combination, the lamp provides a useful, efficient source of blue light as an input source for optical fiber, and other systems for medical and other processes using blue light as a process element.

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