Xcimer: laser-based power
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 8:43 pm
"Nuclear fusion startup Xcimer raises $100M to chase laser-based power"
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/nu ... ased-power
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/nu ... ased-power
this approach is the same one used by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF)
the company states that its laser architecture “will scale to up to 10 times higher laser energy, 10 times higher efficiency, and over 30 times lower cost per joule of laser energy” than the NIF experiment