1989
DOI: 10.1364/ol.14.000630
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Temporal imaging with a time lens

Abstract: We extend the well-known analogy between the problems of paraxial diffraction in space and dispersion in time to optical pulse compression and propose a time-domain analog to spatial imaging that allows for the distortionless expansion or compression of optical power waveforms. We call this new concept temporal imaging and derive equivalent expressions for the focal length and the f-number of a time lens and the magnification of an imaging system. It should now become possible, with a temporal microscope, to e… Show more

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“…In the system of time lens, the similarity of the signal's dispersion transmission and the diffraction of light are based on the effective ignorance of the nonlinear effects [1], high-order dispersion effect and the loss of the fiber. Figure 1 is a structural model of the time lens which is based on the spatial lens system.…”
Section: The Principles Of Fourier Transform Using Time Lensmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In the system of time lens, the similarity of the signal's dispersion transmission and the diffraction of light are based on the effective ignorance of the nonlinear effects [1], high-order dispersion effect and the loss of the fiber. Figure 1 is a structural model of the time lens which is based on the spatial lens system.…”
Section: The Principles Of Fourier Transform Using Time Lensmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…And about the principles and conditions for the time lens imaging, Kolner made a detailed discussion [1][2] .…”
Section: The Principles Of Fourier Transform Using Time Lensmentioning
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“…For example, considering group-velocity dispersion only, the output 12 is given by 12 ͑z,⍀,zЈ,⍀Ј͒ = expͩi␤ 11 ⍀z + i␤ 12 ⍀ЈzЈ + i␤ 21 2 ⍀ 2 z…”
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“…The reported systems depend on paraxial diffraction in space and dispersion in time being equivalent [7] so that a time version of a dispersive spatial lens can be constructed, a 'time lens', so-called because it works in much the same manner as a spatial thin-lens. A spatial lens imparts a quadratic phase in space and a time-lens produces a quadratic phase shift in time [8][9][10][11].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%