> magnetic field plasma containment
> produces 300KWh
I’ll admit, while I’ve always been interested in lasers, I’m definitely below amateur level with them, but these requirements:
1) seems like its multiple orders of magnitude higher power than anything I’ve heard of in laser tech. Like 5-7 orders of magnitude. Is there research I’m unaware of here?
2) let’s assume for a second that the laser could be made, wouldn’t it require multiple orders of magnitude more power (as in 2-3 at least) to fire than what this reaction produces?
3) have we been able to contain plasma (as in super high energy plasma, not the stuff you see in novelty shops or older TV sets) for very long in a magnetic field? I thought the record was in number of seconds, certainly not long enough to be used for any continuous power production.
Edit: Guess I was wrong on #1/2, had forgotten about this research[0] I’d read.
[0] http://www.iflscience.com/technology/world-s-most-powerful-l...