Ultrafast time-stretch imaging at 932 nm through a new highly-dispersive fiber

Biomedical Optics Express

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 5208-5217

  Wei, Xiaoming ^a   Kong, Cihang ^a   Sy, Samuel ^b   Ko, Ho ^c,d   Tsia, Kevin K ^a   Wong, Kenneth K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fiber; Fiber design and fabrication; Fiber optics imaging; Lasers; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast; Ultrafast technology

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFRACTION-LIMITED RESOLUTION; DISPERSIVE FIBER; FIBER DESIGN AND FABRICATION; FIBER OPTICS IMAGING; SHORTER WAVELENGTH; ULTRA HIGH SPEED; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 85004093070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21567085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/BOE.7.005208     Document Type: Article

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