Laser-driven light sources (LDLS) are a new paradigm: They work on principles that focus a laser beam, creating and sustaining a semiconductor-like plasma in a gas-filled bulb that produces extremely bright and highly stable light. Compact sources in 170 nm - 2100 nm range with brightness on the whole spectrum. LDLS works by keeping a high-temperature plasma in place using an injected laser, generating a nearly surface-emitting spectrally flat output throughout the medium-UV to near-IR spectrum, brighter than a conventional xenon lamp by several orders of magnitude. This technology can be especially beneficial in fields that need both high precision and high throughput, like analytical spectroscopy and material science.