October 2, 2023

Blue Laser Fusion Energy Research Division
Aiming for pioneering fusion energy using power lasers
Full-scale activity Period from October 1st 2023 to March 31st 2028
OutlineThe Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University (Director: Ryosuke Kodama, hereafter referredto as "ILE") and Blue Laser Fusion Inc. (CEO: Shuji Nakamura, hereafter referred to as “BLF”) are set
to launch the “Blue Laser Fusion Energy Research Division,” which aims to develop laser fusion (*1)
energy using power lasers.
This joint research division will develop original and innovative high average power lasers.
Researchers at the division will study pioneering fusion reactions that emit radiation that is non-harmfulor less harmful to the human body, and clarify directions for the social implementation of the clean fusionenergy produced by power lasers.
Blue Laser Fusion Inc. was founded on November 4, 2022, in Pala Alto, California, by Prof. ShujiNakamura (Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2014, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) and Hiroaki
Ohta (General Partner, Waseda University Ventures, Inc.) and others. BLF has abundant knowledge andtechnology in the field of laser science and is developing unique and innovative power lasers to realize
laser fusion energy.

world-class research center for power laser science and high-energy-density science, and its knowledgeof power lasers will accelerate BLF's development of original and innovative power lasers. Furthermore,
ILE

has

abundant

knowledge

andtechnology in nuclear fusion research using
power lasers and has produced worldrenowned results, especially in the fast
ignition

(*2)

laser

fusionmethod.

Establishing this joint research division will
dramaticallyadvancetheacademic

foundation for generating non-deuteriumtritium fusion reaction energy using the fastignition method of laser fusion.
In addition to ILE and BLF, this joint
research chair will include diversity-rich

Blue Laser Fusion Inc. Logofaculty, technical staff, and researchers
from the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University, Hiroshima University, and otherinstitutions.

Terminology※1 Laser fusion
A method of obtaining energy from a fusion fuel by using a high-power laser to compress the fuel to ahigh density and heat it to a high temperature, thereby causing a nuclear fusion reaction. Research onlaser fusion is being conducted in Japan, the United States, France, China, Russia, and other countries.
※2 Fast ignition
A method in which an ultra-intense laser instantaneously heats fusion fuel that has been compressed bya laser. The U.S. National Ignition Facility, which recently achieved fusion ignition by laser fusion, uses
the central ignition method.

RemarkFor consultation on non-deuterium-tritium fusion reactions using power lasers, we were assisted by theOne-Stop Office of the ”Power Laser DX Platform” via research equipment shared in the MEXT Projectfor Promoting Public Utilization of Advanced Research Infrastructure (Program for advanced researchequipment platforms).

Contact information
Professor Shinsuke FUJIOKA, Principal investigator,
Blue Laser Fusion Energy Division, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
TEL：06-6879-8749
FAX: 06-6877-4799
E-mail: fujioka.shinsuke.ile@osaka-u.ac.jp