Near- infrared high- spectral- resolution lidar (HSRL) is more difficult to develop as its molecule scattering echo signal has a narrower spectrum width and a weaker energy strength than that of the ultraviolet and visible HSRLs. As one of the key components of HSRL, the spectrum filter has significant influences on the retrieval accuracy of HSRLs. Based on the relationship between the spectral filter′ s signal transmittance and spectral discrimination ratio and the retrieval accuracy of the HSRL, the performances of two typical interference spectrum filters are modeled and simulated by analyzing the characteristics of lidar echo at 1064 nm. Results show that Fabry- Perot interference filter has moderately good performances when the divergence of incident beam is small. While the requirement for surface precision is fairly high and it is not easy to be processed and installed. Field-widened Michelson interferometer (FWMI) is insensitive to the divergence of incident beam and has a stronger ability to gathering the lidar echo. And the requirement for surface precision is relatively low. In practical application, it is more suitable for the application requirement of near-infrared HSRL.