Revolutionizing Particle Acceleration: How TAU Systems’ Laser Technology is Shaping the Future of Research

The US company TAU Systems says it has developed a revolutionary laser technology for particle acceleration. Scientists use lasers to make electrons “surf” on three-dimensional plasma waves and accelerate them to high energies.

Lasers can produce much more intense fields than in conventional particle gas pedals, allowing higher energies to be achieved over much shorter distances, meaning the devices can be made compact and inexpensive.

“We want to democratize access to these very powerful research tools,” says Manuel Hegelich, professor at the University of Texas at Austin and founder of TAU Systems. - Many countries don't have particle gas pedals because they simply aren't rich enough. But they can afford one of our models, which does most, if not all, of what a conventional gas pedal can do.”

So far, the technology has been tested in a laboratory setting. TAU Systems expects to unveil a pilot sample of the laser gas pedal in 2024 and begin selling the devices by 2027.