Systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for initiating or detonating tertiary explosive media by way of photonic energy

A photoinitiation apparatus configured for photoinitiating an explosive medium carried thereby, the photoinitiation apparatus comprising:

• a set of illumination sources or elements coupled to a power source, the set of illumination sources or elements configured to output electromagnetic energy having at least one wavelength within or between ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR) portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, and comprising a lens array;
• and
• a body structure that internally carries at least one explosive medium, and which provides a confinement structure for the at least one explosive medium carried thereby,
• wherein the body structure (i) excludes each of a primary explosive composition and a secondary explosive composition and (ii) confines at least a first volume of tertiary explosive in a first portion of the body structure,
• wherein the first volume of tertiary explosive in the first portion of the body structure (i) is photonically coupled to the set of illumination sources or elements, and (ii) contains a photoexcitation transfer agent or a photothermal absorber comprising bitumen, crude oil, gilsonite, bunker oil, or coal dust,
• wherein the body structure is configured for each of (a) residing in a borehole that has been loaded with a column of an additional or adjunctive tertiary explosive medium that resides external to the body structure, and (b) coupling a detonation front into the column of additional or adjunctive tertiary explosive medium to detonate the additional or adjunctive tertiary explosives medium.