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 …

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 …

Temporal self-imaging effects: theory and application for multiplying pulse repetition rates

J Azaña, MA Muriel - IEEE Journal of selected topics in …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A time-domain equivalent of the spatial Talbot or self-imaging phenomenon appears when a
periodic temporal signal propagates through a dispersive medium under first-order …

Real-time optical spectrum analysis based on the time-space duality in chirped fiber gratings

J Azaña, MA Muriel - IEEE Journal of quantum electronics, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Based on time-space duality, we deduce a time-domain equivalent to the Fraunhofer (far-
field) approximation in the problem of spatial diffraction. We can use this equivalence to …

Chirped microwave pulse generation based on optical spectral shaping and wavelength-to-time mapping using a Sagnac loop mirror incorporating a chirped fiber …

C Wang, J Yao - Journal of lightwave technology, 2009 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we propose and demonstrate an approach to optically generating chirped
microwave pulses with tunable chirp profile based on optical spectral shaping using a …

Synthesis of temporal optical waveforms by fiber Bragg gratings: a new approach based on space-to-frequency-to-time mapping

J Azaña, LR Chen - JOSA B, 2002 - opg.optica.org
We propose and analyze a new technique for optical pulse shaping that uses fiber Bragg
gratings, which overcomes the depletion effects associated with long uniform gratings …

Space-time analogies in optics

V Torres-Company, J Lancis, P Andres - Progress in Optics, 2011 - Elsevier
The so-called space-time analogy constitutes a source of inspiration to understand,
engineer, and implement new systems for ultrafast optical signal processing based on …

Dispersion requirements in coherent frequency-to-time mapping

V Torres-Company, DE Leaird, AM Weiner - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
The frequency-to-time mapping technique (also known as the temporal far-field
phenomenon) usually requires a significant amount of dispersion to stretch an ultrashort …

Dispersive Fourier transformation for versatile microwave photonics applications

C Wang - Photonics, 2014 - mdpi.com
Dispersive Fourier transformation (DFT) maps the broadband spectrum of an ultrashort
optical pulse into a time stretched waveform with its intensity profile mirroring the spectrum …

Experimental demonstration of real-time spectrum analysis using dispersive microstrip

JD Schwartz, J Azaña, DV Plant - IEEE microwave and …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate the use of dispersive microstrip as a mechanism for obtaining the real-time
Fourier transform of a time-limited signal within a predefined bandwidth. By etching a …