2023/08/14 by Jake Levitt, Levitt, Jake
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser Design and Applications #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Optics (physics.optics) #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2308.07417
openalex publication_date 2023/08/14 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Quantum control of nuclear fusion involves engineering quantum coherences in a nuclear wavepacket to accelerate tunneling through the Coulomb barrier and modifying the analytic structure of the S-matrix to facilitate long-range reactive capture. We present a three-body fusion reaction which is amenable to quantum control. The main result of the present inquiry is the discovery of an embodied class of ultrafast laser architectures [Levitt et al., U.S. Patent Application No. 17/855,476 (2022)] which realize solutions to the Schrödinger equation in a logically consistent manner as to that presented in [Saha et al., Mol. Phys. 110, 9-10 (2012)]. Further, we provide some necessary (but not necessarily sufficient) conditions for net electrical power production using the optical designs here.