Far-UVC LEDs deliver record-breaking performance
Each year thousands of people die from multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), such as MSRA, acquired in hospitals. But one potential approach to killing these harmful microorganisms is the use of far-UVC wavelengths below 235 nm.
Now the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH) in Berlin has reported exceeding an important threshold in making this technology more widely applicable. It has announced 1 milliwatt of output power using far-UVC LED light sources in continuous wave (CW) operation from a single fibre – an international record that was recently presented at a conference.