CPC H05G 2/008 (2013.01) [H01S 3/1312 (2013.01); H05H 1/46 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
a pump source configured to generate a pumping beam;
a gas containment structure for containing a gas;
an optical assembly including a multi-pass optical assembly and a collection assembly, wherein the multi-pass optical assembly includes one or more optical elements configured to perform a plurality of passes of the pumping beam through a portion of the gas to sustain a broadband-light-emitting plasma; and
wherein the collection assembly includes one or more collection optical elements wherein the one or more collection optical elements are configured to collect and direct at least a portion of broadband radiation emitted by the plasma back to the plasma, wherein the one or more collection optical elements of the collection assembly are interspersed between the one or more optical elements of the multi-pass optical assembly.
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