Single laser synchronized light source for fusion system and method for energy generation

A laser fusion system comprising:

• a single-mode continuous wave (CW) laser device having an output power in a range of 10 mW to 1 MW and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation as a laser beam in a wavelength range of 300 nm to 1070 nm;
• a beam splitter device coupled to the single-mode CW laser device and configured to split the laser beam into M individual beams, where M is a number greater than 10 and less than 2000, each of the individual beams being coupled to an output of the beam splitter device and having an initial beam intensity, frequency, wavelength, phase and waveshape, each of the individual beams having the same frequency, wavelength, phase, and waveshape;
• M input waveguide devices coupled to the output of the beam splitter device such that each input waveguide device is configured to receive one of the individual beams from the beam splitter device;
• M electro-optic modulators (EOMs) coupled to the M input waveguide devices such that each EOM is configured to modulate a phase, a frequency, an amplitude, or a polarization of one of the individual beams from one of the input wave guide devices;
• M acoustic optic modulators (AOMs) or M semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) coupled to the M EOMs such that each AOM or SOA is configured to generate a pulsed laser beam using one of the individual beams from one of the EOMs;
• M laser amplifiers coupled to the M AOMs or the M SOAs such that each laser amplifier is configured to amplify an intensity of one of the individual beams from one of the AOMs or one of the SOAs and is configured to generate an amplified pulsed laser beam with a frequency ranging from 0.1 MHz to 5 MHz;
• M configurations of optical elements coupled to M pairs of mirror devices and to the M laser amplifiers such that each configuration of optical elements is configured, using one of the amplified pulsed laser beams from one of the laser amplifiers, to generate a uniform laser beam to a back side of a first mirror device in one of the pairs of mirrors devices, wherein each configuration of optical elements comprises one or more optical elements;
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• M optical enhancement cavities (OECs) coupled to the M configurations of optical elements and to the M pairs of mirror devices such that each OEC is configured to receive one of the uniform laser beams from one of the configurations of optical elements and to circulate the uniform laser beam between one of the pairs of mirror devices for at least 10 to 100,000 cycles to cause the uniform laser beam to increase in intensity from an initial intensity to a final intensity and resonate between the pair of mirror devices, such that the uniform laser beam is characterized by the final intensity, a source wavelength, a source frequency, a source phase, and a source wave shape;
• wherein each OEC is a Fabry Perot resonator cavity having a center region, wherein the M Fabry Perot resonator cavities are configured in a first group and a second group, wherein the center regions of the Fabry Perot resonator cavities in the first group intersect at a first center region, and wherein the center regions of the Fabry Perot resonator cavities in the second group intersect at a second center region, the first center region being spatially apart from the second center region.