Status and prospects of hybrid and injection-locked TEA CO 2 lasers for LIDAR and nonlinear optics applications

The current status of hybrid and injection-locked single-mode TEA CO 2 laser systems is examined in relation to two important applications. It is argued that the operational characteristics of injection-locked systems are particularly well-suited for LIDAR applications and that the properties of hybrid devices impose a strong bias toward nonlinear optics applications, in particular, optical signal processing research.

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