Abstract: A system (2) for storing and delivering a gas includes a container (4), a porous absorbent material (7) provided within the container, the porous absorbent material storing the gas in a concentrated form, and an adapter assembly (6) structured to be coupled to the container. The adapter assembly is structured to enable the gas to be extracted from the container and delivered to an individual through a cannula or the like.

Abstract: A high brightness laser-sustained broadband light source includes a gas containment structure and a pump laser configured to generate a pump beam including illumination of a wavelength at least proximate to a weak absorption line of a neutral gas contained in the gas containment structure. The broadband light source includes one or more anamorphic illumination optics configured to focus the pump beam into an approximately elliptical beam waist positioned in or proximate to the center of the gas containment structure. The broadband light source includes one or more first collection optics configured to collect broadband radiation emitted by the plasma in a direction substantially aligned with a longer axis of the elliptical beam waist.