虽然全世界的经济不景气,但激光工业在开始它的第三个十年时却不断得到发展。西方一些资本主义国家1983年激光器设备和装置的销售额将要达16.4亿(美元,下同),比1982年增加 17％。在这些费用中,虽然政府开支在慢慢减少,但仍然是主要的,1983年政府投资为 10.81亿,而1982年为 9.36亿。在政府的计划中,军用激光器的研究和发展费用将会显著增加,预计1983年开支4.38 Although the world economy is in a sluggish economy, the laser industry continues to grow at the beginning of its third decade. Some Western capitalist countries in 1983 sales of laser equipment and devices will reach 1.64 billion (the same below), an increase of 17% over 1982. Of these costs, while government expenditures are slowly declining, they remain the major ones. In 1983, the government investment was 1.081 billion, compared with 936 million in 1982. In the government's plan, the research and development costs of military lasers will increase significantly. Expenditure in 1983 is expected to be 4.38