<p>The microstructure non-thermal visible light source (10) may emit visible light. A microstructure element (12) may be filled with a gas and may be disposed in a light transparent dielectric binder (14) positioned between two spaced apart electrical conductors. An electrical source (20) may be in electrical communication with the electrical conductors for the electrical source (20) to transmit a signal to the electrical conductors to excite the gas to cause an electron in a plurality of gas molecules to transition to higher energy states. The higher energy states may be metastable and the higher energy states may decay with the emission of a photon at selected wavelengths.</p>
