Fusion in a nanoshell
A fundamentally new class of fusion technology
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Our company uses shaped ultrafast laser pulses to generate extraordinarily strong electric fields inside metal nanoshells through plasmonic enhancement. These amplified fields directly accelerate atomic nuclei to high velocities, enabling them to overcome the Coulomb barrier and achieve fusion.
Unlike conventional approaches, our technology doesn't rely on creating and maintaining hot plasma or complex confinement systems. The plasmonic fields inside our engineered nanoshells accelerate nuclei to energies equivalent to those found in thermonuclear reactions, but through direct acceleration rather than heating. This allows for compact, industrially integrated laser systems that can drive fusion reactions under controlled conditions.
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Plasmonic Acceleration: A New Path to Fusion
In fusion reactions, the fundamental challenge is overcoming the Coulomb repulsion between positively charged nuclei. Traditional approaches require extreme temperatures to provide enough thermal energy for nuclei to overcome this barrier.
Cortex is investigating how shaped laser pulses can generate powerful plasmonic fields within specially designed nanoshells. These enhanced fields directly accelerate nuclei to fusion-relevant energies without needing to create a hot plasma environment.
By directly accelerating particles rather than heating a plasma, our approach achieves the high collision energies necessary for fusion while eliminating the complexity of plasma confinement systems. This breakthrough fundamentally transforms fusion generator design, dramatically improving cost-effectiveness, simplicity, 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
Fusion Reactor Using Laser Control of Nanoshell Surface Plasmon Resonance
Neutron Source, Thermal Management System, and Electrical Generator Assembly Using Poincaré Engineering of Nuclear Fusion
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
Quantum Phase Control of Nuclear Wavepacket Tunneling Incorporating Multiphoton Processes or Relativistic Gain Media
Publications
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Fusion in a nanoshell: Harnessing plasmonic fields for nuclear reactions
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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