Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Koert Oskam

Andries Meijerink

Claus Feldmann

Cornelis Reinder Ronda

Thomas Juestel

Rene Theodorus Wegh

Detlef Uwe Wiechert

Paul Peijzel

A gas discharge lamp has a gas discharge vessel filled with a gas filling suitable for a gas discharge which emits VUV radiation, with a phosphor coating containing a downconversion phosphor. The downconversion phosphor has, in a host lattice, a pair of activators of a first lanthanoid ion and a second lanthanoid ion; a sensitizer selected from the group formed by the thallium(I) ion, lead(II) ion and bismuth(III) ion; and samarium(II) ion co-activator.

Gas discharge lamp with downconversion phosphor

A luminophore capable of down conversion has a host lattice with a pair of activators of a first lanthanoid ion and a second lanthanoid ion and a co-activator of a third lanthanoid ion. A gas discharge lamp fitted with a gas discharge vessel filled with a gas filling which is suitable for a gas discharge which emits VUV radiation, and has a luminophore coating containing the down conversion luminophore is environmentally friendly and has good lamp efficiency.

Gas discharge lamp with down conversion luminophore

A gas discharge lamp fitted with a gas discharge vessel filled with a gas filling is suitable for a gas discharge which emits VUV radiation, with a luminophore coating containing a down conversion luminophore and with means for igniting and maintaining a gas discharge in which the down conversion luminophore has in a host lattice a pair of activators of the a first lanthanoid ion and a second lanthanoid ion and a sensitizer selected from the group of the cerium (III) ion, praseodymium (III) ion, neodymium (III) ion, samarium (III) ion, europium (III) ion, gadolinium (III) ion, terbium (III) ion, dysprosium (III) ion, holmium (III) ion, erbium (III) ion, thulium (III) ion, ytterbium (III) ion and lutetium (III) ion, is environmentally friendly and has a high lamp efficiency &eegr; .

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