Xenon arc lamp
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A xenon arc lamp is a highly specialized type of gas discharge lamp, an electric light that produces light by passing electricity through ionized xenon gas at high pressure. It produces a bright white
15 kW xenon short-arc lamp used in IMAX projectors
An early short arc xenon lamp from around 1954, the Osram-STUD XBO 1001
An end-view of a 15 kW IMAX lamp showing the liquid-cooling ports
An Osram 100 W xenon/mercury short-arc lamp in reflector
Arc lamp
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An arc lamp or arc light is a lamp that produces light by an electric arc.
Xenon arc lamp
…industry and research. For example, Xenon arc lamps and mercury lamps are the two most common lamps used in wide-field fluorescence microscopes. Xenon arc lamps can be roughly divided into three categories: continuous-output xenon short-arc lamps…
A mercury arc lamp from a fluorescence microscope.
A krypton long arc lamp (top) is shown above a xenon flashtube. The two lamps, used for laser pumping, are very different in the shape of the electrodes, in particular, the cathode (on the left).
A krypton arc lamp during operation.