The only known imminent technology that has the potential to yield the tremendous capabilities of typical megalithic government sponsored particle accelerators such as at Stanford’s SLAC, in a compact, turnkey, widely deployable and commercially viable form, making the numerous envisioned but not yet practical applications feasible.
IRP Technology is developing a high power laser that is the key to transitioning mile-scale particle accelerators capabilities e.g., SLAC & CERN, costing >$1 million/MeV to a benchtop sized package requiring no more space than a one-car garage costing <$7.5K/MeV.
The laser diode solid-state front-end ultrashort pulse capability, reliability, robustness, and ease of thermal management make it an ideal driver for laser-driven acceleration. These place it uniquely as the only practical, widely deployable, and commercially viable laser technology known to meet the three criteria identified in 2013 by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for all future particle accelerator applications: high peak power, high average power, and high efficiency. Laser-driven acceleration is proven technology but is largely confined to the laboratory due to lack of a suitable laser front-end. The IRP Technology laser with its longer 10 micron wavelength offers 2-3 orders of magnitude higher efficiency than the current 800 nm lasers.
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