Metal halide lamp with reduced color shadowing

摘要

A metal halide lamp in which no color shadowing occurs on the light acceptance surface and which at the same time emits with sufficient brightness is achieved according to the invention by encapsulating lutetium halide and one or more of the metal halides from groups A, B and C in an arc tube of a metal halide lamp together with a mercury halide: Group A: dysprosium halide, holmium halide, erbium halide, thulium halide Group B: cerium halide, praseodymium halide, neodymium halide Group C: cesium halide.