of raised features arranged in a configuration such that an average pitch of the plurality of raised features is at least 105 the method includes providing an electrode configured to operate in the discharge lamp and forming raised features on an electrode head portion of the electrode at an average pitch of at least 105 application_number US 63786109 A description the following detailed description refers to the accompanying drawings that show by way of illustration specific details and embodiments in which the invention may be practiced these embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention other embodiments may be utilized and structural logical and electrical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention the various embodiments are not necessarily mutually exclusive as some embodiments can be combined with one or more other embodiments to form new embodiments as used herein u201c width u201d may be the width of any shaped structure including round wires thus u201c diameter u201d may be substituted with u201c width u201d as used herein u201c head portion u201d will be understood to mean the portion of an electrode that raised features are attached to or formed into for the purposes of increasing emissivity of an electrode raised features include but are not limited to coils groove structures formations formed from etching and or a round oval or polygon shaped wire or plurality.