Electron and ion cyclotron resonance enabled fusion reactors

A method of fusion reaction comprising:

• providing a cylindrical reactor chamber and a superconducting magnet surrounding the reactor chamber so to provide a uniform magnetic field along its axis;
• providing a first electromagnetic wave of a first frequency to said reactor chamber, the first electromagnetic wave and the uniform magnetic field acting together to excite a plurality of electrons of atoms in at least one reactant gas introduced into said reactor chamber to their electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) frequency so as to create a plurality of ions said reactant gas to form a plasma of ions and neutrals in said reaction chamber having a first radius of rotation within said reactor chamber;
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• providing a second electromagnetic wave of a second frequency said reactor chamber, the second electromagnetic wave and the uniform magnetic field acting together to further excite the plurality of ions in the plasma to their ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) frequency so as to accelerate the plurality of ions and neutrals to an increased radius of rotation within said reactor chamber;
• wherein said accelerated plurality of ions and neutrals interact with a target material in said reactor chamber to cause a fusion reaction to occur.

A method of fusion reaction, comprising:

• ionizing a reactant gas in a uniform magnetic field by injecting into said gas an electromagnetic wave at an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) frequency to form a plasma of ions and neutrals;
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• exciting ions in said plasma by injecting into said plasma an electromagnetic wave at an ion cyclotron resonance frequency (ICR);
• whereby particles in said plasma are caused to interact with a target material to cause a fusion reaction to occur.