Development Review of Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser (COIL)
Chemical oxygen-Iodine laser (COIL) has many advantages as the second generation gas chemical laser after the first HF/DF chemical laser. The shorter wavelength and higher transmission efficiency of optical fiber make it have many important applications in the fields of military, industry and medical treatment, and has been draw great attention by many experts from all over the world in past ten years.
This review describes the evolution of COIL lasers, which they have been applied to Airborne Laser (ABL) and Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL). Besides the military application, COIL has been selected for some industrial and medical applications because of its power scalability, its short wavelength, its atmospheric transmittance and its excellent beam quality.
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