| Abstract: | Abstract— Projection systems have reached convincing performance with several thousand screen lumens created by systems of only a few liters in volume. With more than 10 lm/W they are the most efficient display systems realized today. The tremendous progress achieved up to now relies on the outstanding properties of the UHP lamp. The combination of high brightness with lifetimes extending up to more than 10,000 hours is ideal for projection applications. This paper will summarize some recent technological achievements: the volume of the lamp and driver system has been reduced by a factor of 10, exploiting a reduced ignition voltage as well as new optical concepts for the reflector. The optical performance of short‐arc projection lamps can be improved dramatically: a dichroic coating on one half of the UHP burner is applied to focus all light into one hemisphere. This allows for extremely compact reflector systems and an improvement by 20–30% in light collection. |
