Time stretch and its applications

A Mahjoubfar, DV Churkin, S Barland, N Broderick… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Observing non-repetitive and statistically rare signals that occur on short timescales requires
fast real-time measurements that exceed the speed, precision and record length of …

Dispersive Fourier transformation for fast continuous single-shot measurements

K Goda, B Jalali - Nature Photonics, 2013 - nature.com
Dispersive Fourier transformation is an emerging measurement technique that overcomes
the speed limitations of traditional optical instruments and enables fast continuous single …

Time-stretch LiDAR as a spectrally scanned time-of-flight ranging camera

Y Jiang, S Karpf, B Jalali - Nature photonics, 2020 - nature.com
The need for imaging and ranging in robotics has brought LiDAR (light detection and
ranging) to the forefront of consumer technology. Among various approaches, time-of-flight …

Application of space–time duality to ultrahigh-speed optical signal processing

R Salem, MA Foster, AL Gaeta - Advances in Optics and Photonics, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Manipulation and characterization of information using ultrafast optical signals is critical for
numerous applications in telecommunications, biology, quantum information science …

Ultrafast laser-scanning time-stretch imaging at visible wavelengths

JL Wu, YQ Xu, JJ Xu, XM Wei, A Chan… - Light: Science & …, 2017 - nature.com
Optical time-stretch imaging enables the continuous capture of non-repetitive events in real
time at a line-scan rate of tens of MHz—a distinct advantage for the ultrafast dynamics …

Optical time-stretch imaging: Principles and applications

C Lei, B Guo, Z Cheng, K Goda - Applied Physics Reviews, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Breathtaking innovations in optical imaging have opened new exciting avenues for science,
industry, and medicine over the last few decades. One of such innovations is optical time …

Real‐time investigation of ultrafast dynamics through time‐stretched dispersive fourier transform in mode‐locked fiber lasers

KY Lau, Y Cui, X Liu, J Qiu - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Real‐time investigation in mode‐locked fiber lasers (MLFLs) is important to understand the
ultrafast dynamics before, during, and after the formation of stable laser pulses. However …

Recent advances in real-time spectrum measurement of soliton dynamics by dispersive Fourier transformation

Y Wang, C Wang, F Zhang, J Guo, C Ma… - Reports on Progress …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Mode-locking lasers have not only produced huge economic benefits in industrial fields and
scientific research, but also provided an excellent platform to study diverse soliton …

Optofluidic time-stretch imaging–an emerging tool for high-throughput imaging flow cytometry

AKS Lau, HC Shum, KKY Wong, KK Tsia - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Optical imaging is arguably the most effective tool to visualize living cells with high
spatiotemporal resolution and in a nearly noninvasive manner. Driven by this capability …

Dynamics of carbon nanotube-based mode-locking fiber lasers

L Huang, Y Zhang, X Liu - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
Carbon nanotube (CNT) can work as excellent saturable absorber (SA) due to its
advantages of fast recovery, low saturation intensity, polarization insensitivity, deep …