Nuclear fusion reactors are set to benefit from new terahertz technology.
Lancaster University has been awarded £450,000 ($725,000) by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council for its work around producing terahertz signals which could monitor turbulence in nuclear fusion reactors. The work is being conducted with the support of researchers at Leeds University, University of California, Davis, and Beijing Vacuum Electronics Research Institute.
The researchers will be using the money to build a compact and cost-effective terahertz vacuum electron device. The device, which can detect unwanted plasma turbulence, will be…
