太阳光直接抽运的激光器以太阳光为抽运源, 直接将太阳光转化为激光。介绍了国内外太阳光直接抽运激光器的研究状况。从太阳光到激光的转换效率论述了太阳光直接抽运激光器的应用优势; 回顾了太阳光直接抽运的各类激光器的研究历史, 按太阳光汇聚方式对太阳光直接抽运的固体激光器进行了归类分析, 对太阳光直接抽运的激光器发展进行了预测。

Solar pumped lasers convert sunlight into laser radiation directly. The investigators of solar pumped lasers at home and abroad are introduced. The advantages of solar pumped lasers in application are discussed with the efficiency of sunlight conversion to laser radiation, and the history of solar pumped laser development and demonstration is reviewed. Solar pumped solid state lasers are classified and analyzed by sunlight concentrating approach, and the future development of solar pumped lasers is predicted.