A High-Power Source of Optical Radiation on the Base of an Electrodeless Sulfur Lamp with Microwave Excitation

This paper further develops the theory and practice of microwave excitation of an electrodeless sulfur lamp, improving the energy efficiency during microwave energy conversion into optical radiation and widening the application of new light sources in actual practice. Among the main scientific results obtained, it is necessary to select the description of the scenario of excitation of the electrodeless sulfuric lamp by a microwave field, the mechanism of formation of low-temperature plasma and the emission of optical radiation, the features of its spectrum, as well as possible approaches to modeling the radiation process (LTE model). Practical issues of increasing the efficiency of devices based on the sulfur lamp are considered.