Dispersive Fourier transformation for fast continuous single-shot measurements

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 102-112

  Goda, K ^a,b,c,d   Jalali, B ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL INSTRUMENTS; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORMATIONS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL SENSING; REAL-TIME INSTRUMENT; SINGLE-SHOT MEASUREMENTS; TEMPORAL WAVEFORMS;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROMETERS;

DISPERSION (WAVES);

EID: 84873395557     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.359     Document Type: Review

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