The current class of high-energy lasers (HELs), which have evolved from efforts to move toward high average power levels for a variety of mostly military applications, may not have characteristics conveniently adaptable to civilian applications.

• 目前高能激光器的研究主要是提高其平均功率水平，而且绝大多数用于军事目的。 它们可能不具备民用激光器所需的特征。