Quantum-controlled fusion energy

A fundamentally new class of fusion technology

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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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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

President & CTO

Dr. Niranjan Shivaram

Collaborator

Dr. Dmitri Kharzeev

Consultant

Dr. Artur Izmaylov

Consultant

Dr. Stylianos Chatzidakis

Collaborator

Dr. Carlos Trallero-Herrero

Collaborator

Dr. Herschel Rabitz

Former Consultant

Dr. Thomas Weinacht

Former Consultant

Kurt Keilhacker

Board Member and Investor

Michael Gibson

Investor and Advisor

Danielle Strachman

Investor and Advisor

Daniel Ramirez

Investor and Advisor

Ben Patterson

Investor and Advisor

Patents

Neutron Source, Thermal Management System, and Electrical Generator Assembly Using Poincaré Engineering of Nuclear Fusion

US 63/682,691

Quantum Phase Control of Nuclear Wavepacket Tunneling Incorporating Multiphoton Processes or Relativistic Gain Media

US 18/479,950

Fusion Reactor Using Bichromatic Optical Control of Quantum Tunneling

US 17/855,476, PCT/US2022/035845,
EP 22927541.7, & JP 2023-581035

Coherent Control Based on Quantum Zeno and Anti-Zeno Effects

US 63/472,657

Chiral Catalysis of Nuclear Fusion in Molecules

US 63/596,122

Infrared-Class Chiral Fusion Reactors

US 63/653,161 & US 63/668,615

Fusion Reactor Using Optical Control of Quantum Tunneling

US 18/935,092 & PCT/US24/54271

Publications

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Chiral catalysis of nuclear fusion in molecules

Ultrafast laser architectures for quantum control of nuclear fusion

arXiv:2308.07417

Coherent control based on quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects: Role of coherences and timing

arXiv:2306.08311
Presenting the technology
Symposium with Purdue collaborators
Observing the prototype
Symposium with Purdue collaborators
Cortex Lab at Purdue
Cortex Lab at Purdue
Cortex Lab at Purdue
Cortex Lab at Purdue
Speaking with Dr. Gerald Dunne (left), Professor of Physics
AMO Seminar at UConn
Jacob Levitt with Dr. Carlos Trallero-Herrero (right), Professor of Physics, in his ultrafast optics lab
AMO Seminar at UConn
Jacob Levitt (President and CTO) presenting to the Physics Department
AMO Seminar at UConn
AMO Seminar at UConn

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