Quite interesting technology for electrons. Deuterons being heavier and slower (for fusion) might put one of these into the realm of being an interesting collider. I could imagine one chip with grooves expanding towards the center even in a plane that would usher and accelerate deuterons to a central colliding point. That puts many deuterons in the right place, at the right time, with the right energy for some good statistics for collision. Of course the big question always is, has too much energy been expended in the process?
http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/106
A Microscopic Path to Fusion.
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A Microscopic Path to Fusion.
Achiever's madness; when enough is still not enough. ---FS
We have to stop looking at the world through our physical eyes. The universe is NOT what we see. It is the quantum world that is real. The rest is just an electron illusion. ---FS
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Re: A Microscopic Path to Fusion.
Very interessting article and fascinating theory. However, Frank is sage in his foresight about energy expended in the laser light being more than the resulting acceleratory finished product, energy wise. Light is traditionally a terrible source of seed energy when part of a process. As an enabler it is often capable of great results, but as an energy transfer system it is found wanting in the COP sense.
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Progress may have been a good thing once, but it just went on too long. - Yogi Berra
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment