An intense ultraviolet and visible radiation source for various application
s has been conceptualized, designed, and developed using a TE011 mode micro
wave cavity filled with plasma immersed in a magnetic field. The radiation
intensity emitted from the source, as a function of the magnetic field inte
nsity, approaches maximum at the electron cyclotron resonance. Light intens
ity increases with pressure inside the Hg+Ar lamp and the microwave power.
(C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.