A disinfecting apparatus comprising:a first lamp and a second lamp each comprising: a coaxial tube defining an annulus there between; a first and second gas mixture selected to produce a first and second narrow wavelength photon emission different in each lamp, wherein the gas mixture and wavelength in the first lamp is different from the gas mixture and wavelength in the second lamp; a high voltage electrode located on a first tubular surface of the tube of each of the first lamp and the second lamp; a ground electrode located on a second tubular surface of the tube of each of the first lamp and the second lamp, the second tubular surface located opposite the annulus of the first lamp and the annulus of the second lamp from the first tubular surface; and a first photon reflector and second photon reflector secured in a spaced relationship to the first lamp and second lamp respectively and positioned to direct photons from both lamps to a zone or surface, whereby the disinfecting apparatus produces photons that are directed to a selected zone or surface and efficiently destroys or deactivates DNA organic bonds and proteins of microorganisms when the high voltage electrode is energized.