In today's era of rapid development in modern military reconnaissance, precision strikes, and unmanned systems, laser technology plays an indispensable role due to its capabilities such as ranging, positioning, marking, and targeting. Especially this year's display of high-energy laser weapons at the Chinese military parade is a typical application of it. Among these laser technologies, YAG solid-state laser technology, with its advantages of high maturity, high energy intensity, and strong stability, has become one of the core light sources for various military optoelectronic equipment.
The Birth and Advantages of YAG Laser Technology
YAG Laser Technology is a solid-state laser technology based on yttrium aluminum garnet crystals as the laser gain medium. Its core is to generate specific wavelengths of laser by doping rare earth ions in the YAG crystal and exciting it with a pump source. The main wavelength is 1064nm infrared light.
The core advantages of YAG laser technology mainly lie in its stability, precision, and energy concentration. The core medium of YAG laser, the YAG crystal, has strong thermal stability and can achieve continuous operation under high energy output; the solid-state structure is compact and has advantages in vibration resistance and environmental interference resistance. The laser beam quality of YAG laser is high, the directionality is good, the energy density is concentrated, and it can easily achieve energy output of tens to hundreds of millijoules, making it an ideal choice for laser indication and long-distance measurement. It is known that the mainstream laser semi-active guided weapons worldwide are based on 1064nm laser, giving it high compatibility in military laser target designators.
The Practice of ERDI in YAG Laser Technology
As a solution provider in the field of laser ranging, ERDI has also focused its research efforts on YAG Laser Technology. Eventually, it successfully launched a series of 1064nm laser target indicators for tactical platforms.
This series of products uses a high-energy Nd:YAG laser as the light source, outputs stable 1064nm wavelength laser pulses, adopts modular and lightweight design, integrates the functions of laser ranging and laser target indicator into a single module, and is widely applicable to unmanned aircraft pods, optical aiming, and other equipment.
Why choose ERDI LASER®'s 1064nm laser target designator?
Dual functions, saving system space: Integrating ranging and target indication functions into one device reduces the overall system occupied space and enables dual-function operation to be highly synchronized, ensuring efficient and coordinated work.
High beam quality (M² < 5): The beam is more concentrated, which is conducive to long-distance precise aiming, reduces speckle, and makes target observation and indication clearer.
Universal aperture design, more compact design: The universal aperture design allows the use of a single optical path for transmission and reception, simplifies optical axis alignment, not only making the overall module more compact but also improving the assembly efficiency and optical performance stability of the system.
Coding/anti-interference capability: Supports pulse coding, which can help identify and process laser signals, enhancing the system's anti-environmental interference ability.
System self-check and reliability: Built-in self-check functions can monitor the health status of the system in real time, facilitating equipment maintenance. This is conducive to the stability and reliability of the system.
Summary:
With the continuous development of laser technology and the increasing evolution of modern warfare, the 1064nm wavelength military laser target designator in YAG Laser Technology is constantly driving modern reconnaissance and precision strike systems towards higher performance. As a leading supplier in the laser field, ERDI is constantly deepening its production and research and development to provide more reliable laser support for unmanned aircraft, electro-optical platforms, and laser strikes.
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