Plasma conditions in a moly-oxide electrodeless bulb discharge

Author

Giuliani, J.L. ; Pechacek, R.E. ; Petrov, G.M. ; Meger, R.A.

Author_Institution

Div. of Plasma Phys., Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

Firstpage

1078

Abstract

A mercury-free, molybdenum-oxide, electrodeless discharge is describe with potential application to lighting. A spectrum is presented which displays emission in the near UV and throughout the visible region. Plasma diagnostics using spectroscopy and interferometry are presented to obtain the electron temperature and density. The Mo density is estimated from an actinometry approach including a collisional radiative model of the plasma. The low pressure metallic plasma is a non-equilibrium discharge with /spl sim/40 lumens per watt.

Keywords

discharge lamps; discharges (electric); plasma density; plasma diagnostics; plasma temperature; Hg-free MoO electrodeless discharge; actinometry approach; collisional radiative model; electron density; electron temperature; interferometry; moly-oxide electrodeless bulb discharge; near UV emission; nonequilibrium discharge; plasma conditions; plasma diagnostics; Artificial intelligence; Atomic measurements; Mercury (metals); Neck; Ocean temperature; Plasma applications; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma displays; Plasma temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Plasma Science, 2001. PPPS-2001. Digest of Technical Papers

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7120-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPPS.2001.1001731

Filename

1001731