METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH ENERGY GENERATION AND FOR INDUCING NUCLEAR REACTIONS

Authors

• Anatoly Maksimuchuk, Ann Arbor, MI
• Koshichi Nemoto, Nishitokyo, JP
• Kirk Flippo, Ann Arbor, MI
• Shaoting Gu, Nepean
• Sudeep Banerjee, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Donald Umstadter, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
• Gerard Mourou, Ann Arbor, MI
• Valery Bychenkov, Moscow, RU

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2005

Citation

Patent No.: US 6,909,764 B2

Comments

Maksimchuk et al.

Abstract

A System is provided for generating high-energy particles and for inducing nuclear reactions. The System includes a laser and for emitting a laser beam, an irradiation target for receiving the laser beam and producing high-energy particles, and a Secondary target for receiving the high energy particles, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction. A method is also provided including producing a laser beam of high-intensity with an ultra-short pulse duration, irradiating the laser beam onto an irradiation target in order to ionize the irradiation target and produce a collimated beam of high energy particles, and colliding the collimated beam of high energy particles onto a Secondary target containing a nuclei, thereby inducing a nuclear reaction on the Secondary target.