Nitrogen: A possible substitute for mercury as a UV-emitter for mercury-less low-pressure discharge fluorescent lamps using Penning-like energy transfer

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 3312-3317

  Jinno, Masafumi ^a   Takubo, Shuji ^a   Hazata, Yuji ^a   Kitsinelis, Spiros ^a   Motomura, Hideki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; MERCURY (METAL); ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

LUMINOUS EFFICACY; MOLECULAR GAS; PENNING-LIKE ENERGY TRANSFER; UV-EMITTER;

NITROGEN;

EID: 24144453160     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/38/17/S36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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