Abstract: To provide a high pressure discharge lamp in which no fusing of the metal foil occurs even if the high pressure discharge lamp is switched on for a certain time a high pressure discharge lamp is provided having a discharge vessel comprised of a light emission part and sealing parts made of glass connected to opposite ends of said light emission part; metal foils buried in a respective one of said sealing parts; a pair of electrodes comprised of core rods and tip end parts, said tip end parts being arranged oppositely to each other in the light emission part; and said core rods being melted and fused together with a respective one of the metals foils; wherein cavities are formed which reach from a surface of a respective one of the metal foils to an interior of the core rod, and the glass constituting said sealing part has entered into said cavities.

Abstract: To provide a high pressure discharge lamp in which no fusing of the metal foil occurs even if the high pressure discharge lamp is switched on for a certain time a high pressure discharge lamp is provided having a discharge vessel comprised of a light emission part and sealing parts made of glass connected to opposite ends of said light emission part; metal foils buried in a respective one of said sealing parts; a pair of electrodes comprised of core rods and tip end parts, said tip end parts being arranged oppositely to each other in the light emission part; and said core rods being melted and fused together with a respective one of the metals foils; wherein cavities are formed which reach from a surface of a respective one of the metal foils to an interior of the core rod, and the glass constituting said sealing part has entered into said cavities.