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Using Lasers to Create Fusion and Save the World

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This talk introduces how lasers work and explains how ultra-intense lasers may create fusion through inertial confinement. It discusses plasma, ignition, and the potential of fusion energy.

Syllabus

Introduction
Lasers
What is light
What is a laser
Coherence
Monochromatic light
Directional light
Focusable
The most intense laser
What is a high power laser
What can we do with lasers
The bad news
What is fusion
How do we create fusion
Fusion energy
Plasma
Inertial confinement
ablation
targets
Ignition
National Ignition Facility
Star Trek Into the Darkness
The National Ignition Facility
Questions
Do atoms get larger when excited
What is causing the energy dropoff
Could a laser cause an asteroid to change course
Does fusion create more energy than fission
Will there be the same levels of waste
The future of fusion

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    Kafele Marcelin
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    There is a alot of material to he covered the notion of fusion as a reactor and source of energy is phenomenal
    Then there is the ionization process gaining knowledge of the direction of light in both mediums and rooms helps the technician in every way or sense the acceleration process the beams the emission all pertain to a very qualified subjectivity
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