Re: Ultraviolet LED and neon.

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Uploaded by on May 12, 2008

In my replication I was able to move the plasma inside the neon. It's a bit hard to see because of the reflection of the UV light on the neon tube. The neon lamp is a 5AH. The voltage for the neon is produced by a relay (back emf) wired as a buzzer. The 390nm UV LED is at the end of a six inch straw used as a light guide.

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  • thanx again for repeating this-now we need to work out what this could be applied to.

    possibley light switching of high voltage.

    ideas?

  • This appears to be a "photoionization" effect. Most of the papers written about this are on 'pay for view' services, thats a shame. Also, look up "hollow cathode lamp" on Wiki. I also noticed some of my neon lamps will not display the effect and only a few do, that's also interesting in itself.

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  • @retrod1 finally a real UV vid. Im laughing other people put 405nm as UV im glad to see a real UV wavelength or the biproduct.

  • i also used a laser collimator to tighten the beam,that might get the neon that didnt react to work

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