A a view from inside the OMEGA target chamber during a direct-drive inertial fusion experiment at the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Scientists fired 28 kilojoules of ...

Scientists from the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have demonstrated what they call an effective “spark plug” for direct-drive methods of inertial confinement fusion ...

In direct-drive laser fusion, an array of laser beams uniformly illuminates a pea-size hollow capsule containing the fusion fuel (mixture of deuterium and tritium) NRL. 2 / 5.

Direct-drive laser fusion is the simplest of the three schemes, and involves directly irradiating a fusion pellet from all sides with a spherical array of several hundred laser beams.The scheme ...

In contrast to preceding laser fusion with spherical compression of the fuel, the side-on direct drive fusion of cylindrical uncompressed solid boron fuel trapped by magnetic fields above kilotesla, ...

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $42 million to three new laser fusion “hubs” that will attempt to develop the technology towards a viable future source of ... and science that will ...

Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) would produce between 5-10 Newtons thrust per each MW of generated fusion power, with a specific impulse (Isp) of about 10,000 seconds (chemical is 300-400ISP) and 200 kW ...

Proponents of Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) propulsion system say the drive could send us to Saturn's moon, Titan, in just 2 years. Here's how it works.

Scientists from the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) led experiments to demonstrate an effective "spark plug" for direct-drive methods of inertial confinement fusion ...