Microplasma light tiles: thin sheet lamps for general illumination

Flat, thin and lightweight lamps providing spatially uniform and dimmable illumination from active areas as large as 400?cm2 are being developed for general illumination and specialty applications. Comprising an array of low-temperature, nonequilibrium microplasmas driven by a dielectric barrier structure and operating at pressures of typically 400?700?Torr, these lamps have a packaged thickness 10?000?cd?m?2.