Focused Energy, a company developing laser-based fusion, has formed a strategic partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to explore isochoric compression target designs for inertial fusion energy.

Focused Energy's technique utilizes small plastic capsules filled with hydrogen isotopes (deuterium and tritium), which are then activated by a laser to energy. LLNL will support Focused Energy to refine its target designs to compress fuel for quick-ignition inertial confinement fusion effectively.

Analyst QuickTake: In August 2023, Focused Energy also partnered with Oxford Sigma, a fusion technology company, to advance its inertial-confinement fusion power station device. During the same month , LLNL, which gained the first net-energy gain in a fusion reaction in December 2022, reported that it had successfully repeated the net gain reaction and produced a higher energy output than in December.