20100183984 | MULTIPLEXING OF PULSED SOURCES - A process and related apparatus for generating an output radiation through an output aperture, including generating pulsed radiations by a plurality of radiation sources, each source being arranged for respectively (i) generating within a respective plasma a respective pulsed elementary radiation whose wavelengths include a respective desired range, and (ii) directing rays of its respective elementary radiation on the output aperture. For each source, refractive indices of rays are distributed in a respective control region through which its respective elementary radiation passes and located in its respective plasma, to selectively deviate rays of its respective elementary radiation as a function of their wavelength, and temporally multiplexing the radiation sources to obtain at the output aperture the output radiation. | 07-22-2010 |