Tedesco laser fusion sviluppatore Marvel Fusion said it will partner with Colorado State University (CSU) in a $150 million joint effort to build a new laser equipment laboratory for research on inertial fusion energy and high energy density physics.
Il pubblico-privato partenariato, supportato da il USA Dipartimento di Energia's "LaserNetUS" program, will stabilire the "Next Generation High Power Laser and Fusion Research Facility" at Colorado State University's Foothills campus.
Ultraveloce Metodi
As uno di il pochi nuovo finanziato privato aziende targeting commerciale laser-driven fusion energia, Marvel Fusion dice il state-of-the-art facility will serve as a platform for advancing its unique program to address this enormous challenge.
The startup has strong ties to the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) program in Eastern Europe, where its chief technology officer, Georg Korn, was before ELI's technical director.
Korn co-fondato il azienda in 2019 con CEO Moritz von der Linden, Karl-Georg Schlesinger, and Pasha Shabalin. Precedente, the azienda ha raccolto €60 milioni in finanziamento e aggiornato Romania's 10-gigawatt Extreme Optical Installations-Nuclear Physics Project (ELI-NP) facility in partnership with defense giant Thales, as well as setting up a U.S. sussidiaria.
Il azienda piani a uso ultraveloce laser e "nanostrutturato" combustibili a migliorare il fusione di protoni e boro-11 isotopi.
"Questo pubblico-privato partenariato insiemi il globale standard per laser fusione ricerca e progressi il sviluppo di sicuro, pulito e affidabile energia. Questo è un incredibile passo avanti per il Marvel Fusion sforzo e a testamento a nostro successo e visione."
"Over the past two years, I have worked with a world-class team at Colorado State University to achieve immensurable results. We are extremely grate to Colorado State University, the State of Colorado, and the U.S. Department of Energy for their trust and support of the LaserNetUS program."
10Hz ripetizione frequenza
Programmato per completamento in 2026, il nuovo lab è previsto a avere almeno tre laser sistemi, ciascuno con a picco potenza di multiplo petawatt e a ripetizione tasso di 10 hertz. "Such a combinazione di laser volontà fare il impianto unico in il mondo, e suo design volontà accomodare futuro espansione e aggiuntivo laser," il azienda detto.
It is reported that Marvel Fusion is advancing a proton-boro fusion method. The company has developed a short-pulse laser technology with direct diode pumping. The company's approach utilizes a peak power laser output of over 10 PW, relying on its diode technology to ensure that its lasers can deliver pulse repetition rates up to 10 Hz.
CSU President Amy Parsons said: "CSU is at the frontfront of laser research, and this new partnership will solidify CSU's international leadership in laser science that has the potential to transform our planet for generations to come." Bringing far-reaching benefits."
The LaserNetUS project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Sciences Office, recently announced its latelast funding of $28.5 million for high-power laser laboratories in the U.S. and Canada.
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded CSU $12.5 million to upgrade the prototype laser, which will help create and maintain the quality and expertise of the equipment that makes projects like the new laboratory facility possible.
Marvel Fusion said that through the cooperation, Colorado State University's ability to conduct high-power laser research and its applications will be greatly expanded, and there are opportunities in semiconductor chip production, materials science, high-energy-density science and high-energy physics, while nuclear fusion Just one of the applications.
It is expected to inspire and facilitate further collaborations with industry, other universities, and US national laboratories.
"This is an exciting opportunity for laser-based science, an ideal facility for discovery and advanced technology development," Jorge Rocca, director of CSU's Advanced Lasers and Extreme Photonics Laboratory, said in the release. Has huge potential for social impact."
In addition to the CSU project, Marvel Fusion says they are planning to build a prototype as the next step toward a commercial fusion power plant.
