Short Arc Lamp Division

Superior Quartz Products, Inc. manufacturers unexcelled quality short arc lamps to the graphic arts, photochemistry, medical, electro optics, search light, stage and studio projection lighting, optical instrumentation, solar simulation, military guidance, and fiber optic illumination industries. Offered are a wide range of short arc lamps, also known as compact arc lamps, with power levels ranging from 150 watts to 10,000 watts in an air cooled xenon or mercury xenon configuration and from 12,000 to 32,000 watts in a liquid cooled xenon configuration.

Superior Quartz Products' short arc lamps produce a highly stable uniform arc in the ultraviolet, visible and infrared spectral ranges. With an arc length ranging from less than a millimeter to approximately a centimeter, these high-pressure gas discharge lamps provide the highest luminance and radiance of any continuously operated light source. Precisely formed into a spherical or ellipsoidal shape, the short arc lamps are manufactured in either ozone producing or ozone free quartz. The ozone free quartz blocks wavelengths below 254 nanometers. Due to the required arc stability and uniformity of short arc lamps, most are designed for DC operation. However, AC short arc lamps can also be manufactured for special requirements.

Air Cooled Xenon for Cinema

Superior's xenon short arc lamps, filled only with xenon gas reach eighty percent of total output immediately after ignition. Quite different than the mercury-xenon short arc spectrum, the output of the xenon short arc lamp provides high intensity light similar to daylight with a color temperature of approximately 6000 degrees Kelvin. Along with high output in the visible spectrum, xenon short arc lamps provide an excellent supply of infrared radiation. These lamps are designed specifically to run in a vertical or a horizontal position. Xenon short arc lamps manufactured by Superior Quartz Products, Inc. range from 150 to 10000 watts. The luminous efficacy varies from 15 to 45 lumens per watt depending on lamp wattage.

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Air Cooled Xenon Lamps for Stage and Studio

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Liquid Cooled Cinema Lamps

Space Shuttle on the Launch Pad Lit Up by Liquid Cooled Short Arc Lamps

Superior's xenon short arc lamps, filled only with xenon gas reach eighty percent of total output immediately after ignition. Quite different than the mercury-xenon short arc spectrum, the output of the xenon short arc lamp provides high intensity light similar to daylight with a color temperature of approximately 6000 degrees Kelvin. Along with high output in the visible spectrum, xenon short arc lamps provide an excellent supply of infrared radiation. These lamps are designed specifically to run in a vertical or a horizontal position. Liquid cooled xenon short arc lamps for cinema manufactured by Superior Quartz Products, Inc. range from 12000 to 15000 watts.

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Liquid Cooled Short Arc Lamps for Search and Solar Simulation

Another Rocket on the Launch Pad Lit By Liquid Cooled Short Arc Lamps

Superior's xenon short arc lamps, filled only with xenon gas reach eighty percent of total output immediately after ignition. Quite different than the mercury-xenon short arc spectrum, the output of the xenon short arc lamp provides high intensity light similar to daylight with a color temperature of approximately 6000 degrees Kelvin. Along with high output in the visible spectrum, xenon short arc lamps provide an excellent supply of infrared radiation. These lamps are designed specifically to run in a vertical or a horizontal position. Liquid cooled xenon short arc lamps for spot lighting, search lighting, and solar simulation are manufactured by Superior Quartz Products, Inc. in the range of 12000 to 32000 watts.