Contact person: Michael Londesborough
An IIC team of boron hydride specialists, led by Dr. Michael Londesborough, are currently part of a European consortium of researchers participating in an EU Pathfinder Project “Vortex-4-Fusion”, in which cutting-edge high-power laser physics and boron chemistry are combined to advance the prospects of laser-driven proton-boron fusion as an abundant and clean source of energy. Specialised optical materials made in Jena Germany, are assembled into a powerful vortex-shaped (OAM) laser beam in Tampere Finland, which then is focused on boron hydride targets optimised for fusion yields and created at the IIC in Czechia. Preliminary results from experiments using the Prague Asterix Laser System already show high yields of alpha-particles generated in proton-boron nuclear fusion reactions using B18H22 targets. IIC scientists continue work on optimisation of the fusion fuel targets based on hundreds of high energy laser experiments.
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