| abstract |
IR-RADIATION SOURCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A source of IR-radiation, having an enclosure defining between its walls a sealed-off, electrode-less chamber, the walls having at least one portion transparent to IR-radiation, and the chamber containing a gas mixture of at least one, molecular, IR-active gas, of at least one buffer gas and of at least one noble gas. A method for producing a source of IR-radiation is also described and claimed. |