Near quantum-limited, single-shot coherent arbitrary optical waveform measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 12332-12344

  Fontaine, Nicolas K ^a   Scott, Ryan P ^a   Heritage, Jonathan P ^a   Yoo, S J B ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ARBITRARY WAVEFORM; BALANCED DETECTION; COHERENT DETECTION; FIELD CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL BAND WIDTH; OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMBS; SPECTRAL INTERFEROMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DETECTORS;

PULSE SHAPING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; OPTICS; PHOTON; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67749089279     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.012332     Document Type: Article

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