The invention discloses a
laser active detection device based on a tunable
liquid crystal variable
refractive index, which relates to the technical field of photoelectric detection. The device comprises a
laser, a collimating lens group, a tunable
liquid crystal variable
refractive index element, an extending lens group and a
liquid crystal unit controller, wherein the collimating lens group is used for enabling light beams emitted by the
laser to form collimating light; the self
refractive index of the tunable liquid
crystal variable refractive index element is changed to enable the collimating light focusing position to be changed in a reciprocating mode along an
optical axis; the extending lens group is used for extending the collimating light; the liquid
crystal unit controller controls the refractive index of the tunable liquid
crystal variable refractive index element; and the laser, the collimating lens group, the tunable liquid crystal variable refractive index element and the extending lens group are arranged sequentially with the same
optical axis. The
periodic oscillation tuning of the focal power can be realized, the scanning frequency is high, fast and efficient scanning on the focal plane of a detected
system in a target space domain can be realized, cat eye effect matching is realized, and the detection probability of the detected
system is greatly improved.