Patent ID: 7423367

Claim:
A pulsed flash lamp, wherein said pulsed flash lamp is a pulsed broadband lamp and/or a pulsed ultraviolet (PUV) lamp comprising: a lamp tube, said lamp tube comprising a radiation transparent material, an inner lamp tube surface, an outer lamp tube surface, a first lamp tube end and a second lamp tube end; a gas, said gas residing within said lamp tube; and at least one electrode(s), said electrode(s) residing as least partially within said lamp tube, from which said electrode(s) emanates an electrical discharge in said gas, said discharge having a direction and said discharge creating a plasma channel; said lamp further comprising at least one of: a means for providing resistance to forces due to power loading; a means for enhancing lamp rigidity and strength; a means for preventing tube resonant oscillations; a means for reducing tension load in said lamp tube; a means to limit axial compression forces on said lamp tube; or a means to absorb, suppress and/or redirect shock waves.