This paper presents important applications for mid-infrared lasers with emission spectrums located in the 3~5 μm band.The latest progress of mid-infrared lasers research at is summarized,the principal technical approaches are compared and analyzed,the key technologies are summarized.Combined with application scenarios,the difficulties and characteristics of different engineering applications are discussed.The future development of mid-infrared lasers is discussed.
关键词
中红外激光/直接激射/非线性频率变换/超短脉冲/定向对抗
Key words
mid-infrared laser/emission from population inversion/nonlinear frequency transformation/ultrashort pulse/directional infrared countermeasures