plasma lamp
noun1
A kind of gas-discharge lamp: a clear glass container, often an orb, filled with a mixture of various noble gases at low pressure, and driven by high frequency alternating current at high voltage.
2
A type of electrodeless gas-discharge lamp energized by radio frequency.
- The conversion of energy into light is more efficient in the high density plasma devices than in the low density plasma lamps.2001, Shalom Eliezer, Yaffa Eliezer, The Fourth State of Matter: An Introduction to Plasma Science, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 97:
- Related terms
- corona discharge