Quantum-controlled fusion energy
A fundamentally new class of fusion technology
Our company uses shaped ultrafast laser pulses to control electron screening in molecules, which catalyzes fusion reactions between chemically bound nuclei. Quantum-controlled fusion does not require plasma creation nor confinement, and can therefore be embodied by compact industrially integrated laser systems.
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Innovative
Solutions with
Shaped Laser Pulses
In fusion reactions, the largest contribution to the WKB action integral comes from the Coulomb barrier's long-range tail. Thermonuclear approaches to fusion cannot address this contribution directly, while muon-catalyzed fusion works surprisingly well because muon screening reduces area under the Coulomb tail. However correct in principle, muon-catalyzed fusion is constrained by fundamental physics to lack energy economy.
Cortex is investigating how shaped laser pulses can be used to screen the long-range tail of Coulomb barriers in regular molecules by controlling electron screening. This opens the door to highly efficient fusion generators operating on the correct principles -- with no fundamental physics constraints.
Such generators are poised for deployment using highly efficient laser architectures while eliminating the need for plasma confinement, which greatly simplifies design, cost, and scalability.
Our Team
Jake Levitt
Dr. Niranjan Shivaram
Dr. Dmitri Kharzeev
Dr. Artur Izmaylov
Dr. Stylianos Chatzidakis
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Dr. Carlos Trallero-Herrero
Dr. Herschel Rabitz
Dr. Thomas Weinacht
Kurt Keilhacker
Michael Gibson
Danielle Strachman
Daniel Ramirez
Ben Patterson
Patents
Neutron Source, Thermal Management System, and Electrical Generator Assembly Using Poincaré Engineering of Nuclear Fusion
Quantum Phase Control of Nuclear Wavepacket Tunneling Incorporating Multiphoton Processes or Relativistic Gain Media
Fusion Reactor Using Bichromatic Optical Control of Quantum Tunneling
EP 22927541.7, & JP 2023-581035
Coherent Control Based on Quantum Zeno and Anti-Zeno Effects
Chiral Catalysis of Nuclear Fusion in Molecules
Infrared-Class Chiral Fusion Reactors
Fusion Reactor Using Optical Control of Quantum Tunneling
Publications
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Chiral catalysis of nuclear fusion in molecules
Ultrafast laser architectures for quantum control of nuclear fusion
Coherent control based on quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects: Role of coherences and timing
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