Abstract
We demonstrate a temporal imaging system that can capture events with unknown time-of-arrival in the time domain without the need to synchronize the signal. The temporal imaging system is based on a time-lens that uses a high repetition-rate fiber laser for the pump wave together with a time-stretch scheme. After dispersion, the timing between adjacent pump pulses is smaller than the pulse width. Therefore, the signal interacts with one of the pump pulses with high probability, regardless of its arrival time. We discuss the intensity dependence and temporal aberrations of such an imaging system and demonstrate a direct temporal imaging of the buildup dynamics of solitons.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 090801 |
Journal | APL Photonics |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Sep 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020 Author(s).
Funding
The authors would like to acknowledge Junjie Zeng, Boston University, for the development of the GHz fiber laser. M.Y.S. would like to acknowledge the National Science Foundation (Grant No. ECCS-1710849).
Funders | Funder number |
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National Science Foundation | ECCS-1710849, 1710849 |
Boston University |