• DocumentCode
    834618
  • Title

    Visualization of the Gas-Phase Emitter Effect of Dysprosium in Ceramic Metal Halide Lamps

  • Author

    Westermeier, Michael ; Langenscheidt, Oliver ; Reinelt, Jens ; Mentel, Juergen ; Awakowicz, Peter

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. & Plasma Technol., Ruhr Univ. of Bochum, Bochum
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1176
  • Lastpage
    1177
  • Abstract
    The gas-phase emitter effect of dysprosium is demonstrated by high-speed photography, spectroscopic, and pyrometric measurements at a high-pressure mercury lamp doped with Nal/Tll/Dyl3, which is operated in a transparent yttrium-aluminia-garnet tube with an f = 100 Hz switched dc current.
  • Keywords
    arcs (electric); dysprosium; mercury (metal); plasma diagnostics; Dy; Hg; ceramic metal halide lamps; frequency 100 Hz; gas-phase emitter dysprosium effect; high-pressure mercury lamp; high-speed photography; pyrometric measurements; spectroscopic measurements; transparent yttrium-aluminia-garnet tube; Ceramics; Current measurement; Electrodes; High intensity discharge lamps; Plasma temperature; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Temperature measurement; Tungsten; Visualization; Arc discharges; dysprosium; electrodes; lamps; mercury; optical spectroscopy; thermionic emission; tungsten; work function;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2008.924550
  • Filename
    4599128