ABSTRACT
There is a very wide range of incandescent and discharge lamps. The majority of these are sold as general
lighting sources, but many are suited to optoelectronic applications. The major lamp companies, and
numerous speciality lamp manufacturers also make lamps for applications other than general illumi-
nation. Examples of these applications are: projection, video, film, photographic, architectural, enter-
tainment and other special effects, fibre optic illumination including numerous medical and industrial
applications, photobiological processes, photochemical processing, microlithography, solar simulation,
suntanning, disinfection, ozone generation, office automation, scientific applications, heating etc.
