• Infrared and Laser Engineering
  • Vol. 50, Issue 7, 20200230 (2021)
Mengzhen Zhu, Xia Chen, Xu Liu, Chaoyong Tan, and Wei Li
Author Affiliations
  • Ordnance Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, Army Engineering University, Wuhan 430075, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/IRLA20200230 Cite this Article
    Mengzhen Zhu, Xia Chen, Xu Liu, Chaoyong Tan, Wei Li. Situation and key technology of tactical laser anti-UAV[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(7): 20200230 Copy Citation Text show less
    Structure and schematic diagram of thin disk laser
    Fig. 1. Structure and schematic diagram of thin disk laser
    Structure of CCEPS
    Fig. 2. Structure of CCEPS
    Structure of Thinzag laser
    Fig. 3. Structure of Thinzag laser
    Planar wave guide lasers of the Raytheon company
    Fig. 4. Planar wave guide lasers of the Raytheon company
    Schematic of beam overlap combining
    Fig. 5. Schematic of beam overlap combining
    Schematic of MBDA laser beam overlap
    Fig. 6. Schematic of MBDA laser beam overlap
    Schematic diagram of spectral beam combining
    Fig. 7. Schematic diagram of spectral beam combining
    Schematic diagram of mutual injection locking phase based on corner cube
    Fig. 8. Schematic diagram of mutual injection locking phase based on corner cube
    Space based laser demonstrated by Japan and France
    Fig. 9. Space based laser demonstrated by Japan and France
    Influence of atmospheric turbulence on laser beam
    Fig. 10. Influence of atmospheric turbulence on laser beam
    Laser far field divergence under different conditions
    Fig. 11. Laser far field divergence under different conditions
    Saturated interference (a) and blinding damage (b)
    Fig. 12. Saturated interference (a) and blinding damage (b)
    UAV materials ignited by laser
    Fig. 13. UAV materials ignited by laser
    High power laser burning through steel plate
    Fig. 14. High power laser burning through steel plate
    Killing effct of laser weapon at different distances
    Fig. 15. Killing effct of laser weapon at different distances
    Company/CountryYearSystemParameter/kw
    Boeing/USA2012/2019HELMD/CLWS10/(2, 5)
    Lockheed Martin/USA2012/2017ADAM/ATHENA10/60
    Raytheon/USA2014LaWS33
    Northrop Grumman/USA2011/2020MLD/LWSD105/150
    Rheinmetall/Germany2012/2016Sky/Oerlikon50
    MBDA/Germany201240
    Rafael/Israel2014Iron Beam20
    Table 1. Recent typically progress of tactical laser weapons
    Organization/CountryYearPower/kWBeam quality
    IPG/USA2010/201310.5/20Single mode/quasi single mode
    Fraunhofer/Germany20174.3Single mode
    Fujikura/Japan20174Quasi single mode
    Tianjin University/China201784
    CAEP/China201810.62βFL
    NUDT/China2017/201810.01/141.86/5.37
    XIOPM/China20174.621.67
    SIOM/China201910.143.1
    Tsinghua University/China20163.89(Raman)1.49
    Table 2. Representative development of fiber laser at home and abroad
    Mengzhen Zhu, Xia Chen, Xu Liu, Chaoyong Tan, Wei Li. Situation and key technology of tactical laser anti-UAV[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(7): 20200230
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