Marvel Fusion, a German start-up which has raised more than $65 million, aims to commercialize fusion using laser technology.
are other fusion start-ups which are also members of the Fusion Industry Association and are also working with lasers, Holland told CNBC.
Marvel's approach is slightly different. The NIF is pursuing indirect laser fusion, which uses a hollow cavity to convert laser energy into a bath of x-rays which shoot into the surface of a capsule holding the fuel source. In direct drive laser fusion, there is no hollow cavity — instead the lasers go directly into the fuel capsule., a co-founder and CEO at Marvel Fusion, says that direct drive is more efficient.
Before starting Marvel, Linden spent 20 years in finance and technology. In his previous work, Linden collaborated with a physicist to do due diligence on another fusion company and the two determined the start-up they were assessing was not feasible. But that investigation inspired Linden andMarvel Fusion's fusion technology depends on ultra advanced lasers, and he claims the state of the art is 20 years ahead of the NIF's lasers, which started the planning process decades ago.
The Marvel Fusion executive team. Moritz von der Linden, center, is a co-founder and the CEO at Marvel Fusion. Heike Freund, right, is the chief operating officer and Georg Korn, left, is the lead scientist and chief technology officer.Marvel Fusion is still in its very early days and has no more than a computer simulation — the money raised so far is not enough to build even a prototype, Linden told CNBC, "not by a longshot.
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