Comparison of state-Of-Art phase modulators and parametric mixers in time-Lens applications under different repetition rates

Applied Optics

Volumn 52, Issue 36, 2013, Pages 8817-8826

  Zhang, Chi ^a   Chui, P C ^a   Wong, Kenneth K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics parametric processes; Phase modulation; Time imaging

Indexed keywords

GROUP DELAY; LENSES; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MODULATORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE MODULATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

GROUP DELAY DISPERSION; NUMERICAL APERTURE; PARAMETRIC PROCESS; PHASE MODULATOR; QUADRATIC SIGNALS; REAL-TIME BIO-IMAGING; SPACE-TIME DUALITY; TEMPORAL IMAGING;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 84942365507     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.008817     Document Type: Article

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