We've prepared a few documents that may aid in the search for the right technical lighting products:

Hollow Cathode Lamp Construction

This table provides a comparison of construction variations between the two manufacturers of single element hollow cathode lamps we carry, Heraeus Noblelight and Hamamatsu.  These variations in window material and fill gas (background gas) can be significant in extremely sensitive applications. This table also provides a bit of guidance for Special Order Lamps.  These are often provided for demanding applications in which no lamp configuration is shown. 

Analytical Instrument Replacement Lamps

This table shows the appropriate lamps for a variety of medical fiberoptic lightsources, industrial boroscopy lightsources, microscopy fiberoptic lightsources and analytical instruments utilizing ceramic xenon lamps (such as Cermax®) and quartz short arc xenon lamps. We carry stock on all the major manufacturers including:   Osram, Ushio, Luxtel, PerkinElmer, Excelitas, Heraeus Noblelight and Hamamatsu. 

Microscope Replacement Lamps

This table shows the appropriate lamps for a variety of optical microscope illumination lightsources, providing cross-reference from the OEM's lamp part number to the Hi-Tech Lamps, Inc. part number.  We carry stock on all the major manufacturers including:  Osram, Ushio, Eiko, GE, Philips, Luxtel, PerkinElmer, Excelitas, Heraeus Noblelight and Hamamatsu.

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Lamps, Single Element, 1.5"

This table shows equivalent part numbers of the two manufacturer we carry, Heraeus Noblelight and Hamamatsu, and cross-references to the OEM part numbers and other aftermarket brands. 

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