A UV C light source including a UV C bulb adapted to emit and project UV C light at a wavelength and an interchangeable UV C light modifier through which at least a portion of the UV C light emitted from said UV C bulb is projected. The UV C light modifier may be reflective, such as a reflector, perforated, holographic material, or mechanical modifier such as a barn door. The UV C light modifier might produce a narrow pattern, circular pattern, flat pattern, or asymmetrical pattern or other desired geometric pattern, or upper air pattern. The UV C light modifier is easily removed and interchanged or may be selectable such as by receiving a base UV C fixture including the UV C light source of the present invention and selecting a desired light modifier.

A UV C light source including a UV C bulb adapted to emit and project UV C light at a wavelength and an interchangeable UV C light modifier through which at least a portion of the UV C light emitted from said UV C bulb is projected. The UV C light modifier may be reflective, such as a reflector, perforated, holographic material, or mechanical modifier such as a barn door. The UV C light modifier might produce a narrow pattern, circular pattern, flat pattern, or asymmetrical pattern or other desired geometric pattern, or upper air pattern. The UV C light modifier is easily removed and interchanged or may be selectable such as by receiving a base UV C fixture including the UV C light source of the present invention and selecting a desired light modifier.

A light source (1), which has a hollow body (2) closed in a gas-tight manner, which is coated on at least one inner side with a phosphor and is filled with gaseous tritium and emits colored light, the hollow body (2) being arranged in a housing (3) of the light source (1), the light source (1) having at least one body (4) of a colored material which annularly encircles a longitudinal center axis of the light source (1) and the color of which is different from black in daylight, the annularly encircling body (4) being arranged at least on a terminal end region of the housing (3) or at least between the terminal end region of the housing (3) and a light-emitting end face of the hollow body (2).

A light source (1), which has a hollow body (2) closed in a gas-tight manner, which is coated on at least one inner side with a phosphor and is filled with gaseous tritium and emits colored light, the hollow body (2) being arranged in a housing (3) of the light source (1), the light source (1) having at least one body (4) of a colored material which annularly encircles a longitudinal center axis of the light source (1) and the color of which is different from black in daylight, the annularly encircling body (4) being arranged at least on a terminal end region of the housing (3) or at least between the terminal end region of the housing (3) and a light-emitting end face of the hollow body (2).

A method of forming a high-pressure plasma lamp includes providing a lamp bulb. The lamp bulb includes a top channel and a bottom channel. The method includes inserting a top electrode element into the top channel of the lamp bulb. The method includes providing a glass tubular structure attached to a bottom electrode element. The method includes filling the lamp bulb with a liquified gas through the bottom channel of the lamp bulb. The method includes inserting the bottom electrode element and the glass tubular structure into the bottom channel.

A system for use in generating a power signal includes a first stage circuit having: a first input line coupled to a first stage first parallel line having a first stage first switch positioned thereon, a second input line coupled to a first stage second parallel line having a first stage second switch positioned thereon, and a first stage third parallel line oriented in parallel with the first stage first parallel line and the first stage second parallel line between a positive rail and a negative rail, the first stage third parallel line having a first capacitor positioned thereon. The system further includes a second stage circuit having a resonant inverter coupled between the positive rail and the negative rail and configured to output the power signal.

A system for controlling a power signal for zero voltage switching (ZVS) includes a voltage zero crossing detection module to detect a zero voltage condition in response to an inverter voltage from a resonant inverter crossing zero volts, and a current zero crossing detection module to detect a zero current condition in response to an inverter current from the resonant inverter crossing zero amps. The system further includes a phase detect module to detect actual phase data corresponding to an actual phase angle between the inverter voltage and the inverter current based on the zero voltage and zero current condition. The system further includes a comparator to determine a phase difference between a desired phase between the inverter voltage and the inverter current and the actual phase angle. The system further includes a controller to adjust a property of a resonant inverter to reduce the phase difference.

A Far UV radiation system including a Far UV radiation source and a high pass filter. The high pass filter having a cutoff wavelength of 234 nm-237 nm when measured at an incidence angle of zero degrees and adapted to substantially reduce UV C radiation emitted from the Far UV radiation source so that the Far UV radiation system does not emit substantial UV radiation in wavelengths longer than 240 nm. The Far UV radiation system may be adapted to substantially reduce UV C, UV B, and UV A radiation from the Far UV radiation source.

A Far UV radiation system including a Far UV radiation source and a high pass filter. The high pass filter having a cutoff wavelength of 234 nm-237 nm when measured at an incidence angle of zero degrees and adapted to substantially reduce UV C radiation emitted from the Far UV radiation source so that the Far UV radiation system does not emit substantial UV radiation in wavelengths longer than 240 nm. The Far UV radiation system may be adapted to substantially reduce UV C, UV B, and UV A radiation from the Far UV radiation source.

An excimer lamp includes a plurality of arc tubes and an electrode pair. The electrode pair comprises a plurality of elongated electrode plates extending along a tube axis direction of the plurality of arc tubes. Each electrode plate comprises a polarity opposite that of an adjacent electrode plate (i.e., alternating polarities). The plurality of arc tubes and the plurality of electrode plates are disposed in an alternating side-by-side orientation such that an arc tube of the plurality of arc tubes is disposed between adjacent electrode plates of the plurality of electrode plates.