Barrier-discharge excilamp on a mixture of krypton and molecular bromine and chlorine

Abstract

Spectral and energy characteristics of a barrier-discharge excilamp on a mixture of krypton with bromine and chlorine molecules that emits in the range 200–300 nm are presented. The radiation spectrum contains the bands of the B → X transitions of the KrCl* (222 nm) and KrBr* (207 nm) molecules and the band of the D′ → A′ transition of the Br*2 molecule (291 nm). It is demonstrated that the bromine content must be higher than the chlorine content in the triple (Kr−Cl2−Br2) mixtures that are optimal with respect to the radiant power. A radiant power of 0.7 W and an efficiency of 3% are realized. A multiband barrier-discharge excilamp based on the triple mixture exhibits a potentially long lifetime.