[tsimionescu]

Ok, but isn't the gold thing also essentially destroyed in the process? As far as I understand, for it to work,it has to be supremely smooth, or ot fails to generate the required patterns. Can it be re-used for a second pulse, after it is exposed to the thermal stress of the millions of kelvins and the mechanical stress of the explosion?

[motoboi]

Destroyed.

[tsimionescu]

So the extremely precisely machined piece of heavy metal is essentially part of the fuel. That seems like a no-go for commercial energy generation without any firther discussion.