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Title: Ultrafast chirped optical waveform recorder using a time microscope

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OSTI ID:1178240

A new technique for capturing both the amplitude and phase of an optical waveform is presented. This technique can capture signals with many THz of bandwidths in a single shot (e.g., temporal resolution of about 44 fs), or be operated repetitively at a high rate. That is, each temporal window (or frame) is captured single shot, in real time, but the process may be run repeatedly or single-shot. By also including a variety of possible demultiplexing techniques, this process is scalable to recoding continuous signals.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,013,705
Application Number:
13/284,015
OSTI ID:
1178240
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2011 Oct 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Ultrafast chirped optical waveform recorder using referenced heterodyning and a time microscope patent November 2011
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Up-conversion time lens demonstrates 12× magnification of 100 Gb/s data conference January 1994
Single-shot measurement of the electric field of optical waveforms by use of time magnification and heterodyning journal January 2006

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