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Re:New quantum receiver the first to detect entire radio fre... by infogulch on Sunday February 07, 2021 @01:28AM (#26053123)
What if the fusion container was an x-ray laser? Could it induce fusion, where emitted xrays are in phase with the laser? I can imagine that an extreme high energy, directable, phase aligned, giant laser power source could be pretty useful.
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Re:New quantum receiver the first to detect entire radio fre... by pmayrgundter on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:05AM (#26053274)
Yeah, the NIF experiment is laser driven fusion, but I don't think that even being in phase would help capture the light. Not sure. It's the Ryberg coupling with light (without the usual requirement of just lots of mass/shielding) that's kind of unique here
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