Using Shaped Laser Pulses Might Make it Possible to Nudge Atoms (IMAGE)

Rice University

Using Shaped Laser Pulses Might Make it Possible to Nudge Atoms

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Using shaped laser pulses -- ultrashort, tuned bursts of coherent light -- might make it possible to nudge atoms in a deuterium/tritium molecule close enough to fuse, according to a new study. Researchers at Rice University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Chile suggested that quantum-controlled fusion may provide a possible new path toward the production of energy through nuclear fusion.

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Gruebele Group/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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