Fusion, Lasers, & More with NIF Laser Scientist
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What Is Plasma?
The only value of your lasers is to get the right temperature plasma when you're done. Because you take a capsule and you compress it to the fault. And so you need extremely high energy, high power, but also extremely precise. You're creating a perfect implosion from all directions out of this sphere. We've also heard of magnetically contained fusion - how do they get their plasma?
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