Reflector electrode for electrodeless bulb

摘要

A lamp apparatus includes an electrodeless bulb that includes a chamber, a gas contained within the chamber in the bulb, and at least one reflector electrode adjacent the bulb for transmitting radio-frequency electromagnetic energy to the gas in the bulb to excite the gas and cause it to radiate light and for reflecting the light radiated from the bulb. Preferably, there are two reflectors electrodes. The bulb can advantageously be made of a tube, in which case the reflectors electrodes can be made shorter than the bulb and centered thereon so that the intense heat caused by the plasma when the gas is excited does not reach the ends of the bulb.