Knotted Optical Trap and Plasma Control

[Matt M]

New York University physicists have invented a new method to create extended and knotted optical traps in three dimensions. The method for producing these “optical knots,” described in the Optical Society of America’s journal Optics Express, offers the potential to enable fusion energy as a practical power source.

http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2011/03/15/nyu-physicists-creation-of-optical-knots-offers-potential-power-source.html

These guys theorize that this process can be used to knot plasma into denser intersections.
I am skeptical. What do you think?

[QuantumDot]

I read an article about a recent creation by some physicists at NYU, in which they managed to create a knotted holographic optical trap. Now the reason that i think you should find this interesting and something to look into is that it might be able to increase either confinement time, density, temperature, or any combination of the three. While unfortunately still in early days it is something that i think that you should look at add at the end of your testing after boron has been added to see if it can improve results.

Since they are pretty close to your lab and i think that they would be equally interested in the results you might be able to get them to do it for free or even pay you for the opportunity to test there equipment on a fusion device.

[Rezwan]

Hello! I just merged these posts. This looks interesting! Thanks for pointing it out.

[zapkitty]

Uh… FWIW, I don’t think a DPF will work with this.

From the description of lots of neutrons they were speaking of toks and similar low-density plasma.

I don’t think that sophisticated LCD is going to survive in a core for more than one pulse and I don’t think it could project anything through the dense plasmoid… and even if it could I’d think that the results would lost in the midst of the extreme plasma and current conditions that far outstrip what happens in a tok.

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