Central Ignition vs. Fast Ignition Central ignition is a method for making the fuel ignite and burn just by compression using lasers. Fast ignition, on the other hand, makes use of heating lasers to irradiate the plasma already compressed by lasers to cause combustion. Fast ignition offers prospects for higher gain at a lower energy and so may lead to compact power reactors in the future. http://www.hamamatsu.com/jp/en/technology/innovation/laser_fusion/index.html
{}