Ultrafast surface imaging with an increased spatial resolution based on polarization-division multiplexing

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 396-402

  Xing, Fangjian ^a,b   Chen, Hongwei ^b   Xie, Shizhong ^b   Yao, Jianping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

optical time stretch; polarization division multiplexing; space to wavelength to time mapping; ultrafast imaging

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); MAPPING; POLARIZATION; PULSE REPETITION RATE;

DISPERSIVE ELEMENTS; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; POLARIZATION DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POLARIZATION MODULATORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME STRETCH; ULTRAFAST IMAGING; WAVELENGTH-TO-TIME MAPPINGS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

EID: 84922587335     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2388752     Document Type: Article

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