Temporal imaging system with simple external clock synchronization

Author

Broaddus, Daniel H. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Kuzucu, Onur ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate a temporal imaging system that allows simple synchronization to an external clock by using a spectrally broadened time-lens-based pump laser. We integrate this pump laser into an ultrafast oscilloscope scheme and demonstrate 2 ps resolution with 130 ps record length.

Keywords

clocks; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; image resolution; integrated optics; lenses; optical fibre amplifiers; optical images; optical pumping; oscilloscopes; spectral line broadening; synchronisation; EDFA; JkJk:Er; external clock synchronization; integrated optics device; pump laser; spectrally broadened time-lens; temporal imaging system; time 130 ps; time 2 ps; ultrafast oscilloscope; Bandwidth; Clocks; Frequency synchronization; Laser excitation; Optical imaging; Oscilloscopes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Pump lasers; Signal resolution; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225511