Xa isiphaluka samandla sangaphandle sidityanisiwe, imveliso ye-transformer ivelisa amandla ombane aphezulu amawaka aliqela okanye amashumi amawaka e-volts. Xa lo mbane uphezulu usetyenziswa kwii-electrode kuzo zombini iziphelo zetyhubhu ye-neon, amasuntswana ahlawuliweyo angaphakathi kwityhubhu akhawuleza kwindawo ephezulu -yevoltage yombane kwaye abhabhele ukuya kwi-electrodes, evelisa inani elikhulu lee-electron. Ezi electron zinemincili zikhawuleza kwindawo ephezulu{3}}yevoltage yombane kwaye zingqubane neeathom zerhasi ngaphakathi kwityhubhu.
Xa amandla ezi electron zingqubana ne-athom yerhasi yasimahla inkulu ngokwaneleyo, iiathom zerhasi zenziwa ionized zibe ionshini ezintle kunye neeelectron; le yimeko ye-ionization yegesi. Amandla angaphezulu ukusuka kungquzulwano phakathi kwamasuntswana ahlawuliweyo kunye ne-athomu yegesi ikhutshwa ngendlela yeefotoni, ngaloo ndlela igqibezela yonke inkqubo yokukhanya kwe-neon ekhanyisa ityhubhu.
