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LIGHTING SYSTEM

  • US 20070041417A1
  • Filed: 08/14/2006
  • Published: 02/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighting system for generating light by exciting a medium such as gas or vapor, comprising:

  • a microwave resonator having an internal space for generating a standing microwave;

    microwave supply means for supplying the microwave into the internal space of the microwave resonator; and

    a gas cell enclosing the medium and disposed in the internal space of the microwave resonator, wherein the light is generated by exciting the medium in the gas cell using the standing microwave generated in the internal space of the microwave resonator and wherein the generated light is output to the outside of the microwave resonator through a light lead-out hole provided in the microwave resonator.

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