Title :
Serial time-encoded amplified microscopy (STEAM) by fully incoherent noise
Author :
Chi Zhang ; Xu, Y.Q. ; Xiaoming Wei ; Tsia, Kevin K. ; Wong, Kenneth K. Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
By introducing a time-lens in the serial time-encoded amplified microscopy (STEAM), its input temporal aperture is greatly enlarged. Therefore, the light source with arbitrary waveform can be applied, especially the amplified spontaneous emission noise.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light sources; optical microscopy; optical noise; spontaneous emission; amplified spontaneous emission noise; arbitrary waveform; fully incoherent noise; input temporal aperture; light source; serial time-encoded amplified microscopy; time-lens; Dispersion; Image resolution; Microscopy; Noise; Optical imaging; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
