Magnetic fluorescent lamp
Abstract
The radiant emission of a mercury argon discharge in a fluorescent lamp assembly is enhanced by providing means for establishing a magnetic field with lines of force along the path of electron flow through the bulb of the lamp assembly, to provide zeeman splitting of the ultraviolet spectral line. Optimum results are obtained when the magnetic field strength causes a zeeman splitting of approximately 1.7 times the thermal line width.
- Publication:
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Patent Application Department of Energy
- Pub Date:
- December 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983doe..reptU....B
- Keywords:
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- Arc Discharges;
- Fluorescence;
- Lines Of Force;
- Luminaires;
- Zeeman Effect;
- Argon;
- Electrical Resistivity;
- Magnetic Fields;
- Mercury (Metal);
- Patent Applications;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering