Dispersive Fourier transformation for fast continuous single-shot measurements

K Goda, B Jalali - Nature Photonics, 2013 - nature.com
Dispersive Fourier transformation is an emerging measurement technique that overcomes
the speed limitations of traditional optical instruments and enables fast continuous single …

Microwave photonic radars

S Pan, Y Zhang - Journal of Lightwave technology, 2020 - opg.optica.org
As the only method for all-weather, all-time and long-distance target detection and
recognition, radar has been intensively studied since it was invented, and is considered as …

Revealing the buildup dynamics of harmonic mode‐locking states in ultrafast lasers

X Liu, M Pang - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Harmonic mode‐locking (HML) is an important technique enabling the generation of high‐
repetition‐rate ultrashort pulses. Using an emerging time‐stretch dispersive Fourier …

Revealing the Transition Dynamics from Switching to Mode Locking in a Soliton Laser

X Liu, D Popa, N Akhmediev - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
Q switching (QS) and mode locking (ML) are the two main techniques enabling generation
of ultrashort pulses. Here, we report the first observation of pulse evolution and dynamics in …

Control and measurement of quantum light pulses for quantum information science and technology

M Karpiński, AOC Davis, F Sośnicki… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulation of quantum optical pulses, such as single photons or entangled photon pairs,
enables numerous applications, from quantum communications and networking to …

Photonic generation of microwave arbitrary waveforms

J Yao - Optics Communications, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper, techniques to generate microwave arbitrary waveforms based on all-fiber
solutions are reviewed, with an emphasis on the system architectures based on direct space …

Photonic generation of ultrawideband signals

J Yao, F Zeng, Q Wang - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrawideband (UWB) that is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
for short-range high-throughput wireless communication and sensor networks with …

Analog signal processing: A possible alternative or complement to dominantly digital radio schemes

C Caloz, S Gupta, Q Zhang… - IEEE Microwave …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's exploding demand for faster, more reliable, and ubiquitous radio systems in
communication, instrumentation, radar, and sensors poses unprecedented challenges in …

Temporal self-imaging effects: theory and application for multiplying pulse repetition rates

J Azaña, MA Muriel - IEEE Journal of selected topics in …, 2001 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A time-domain equivalent of the spatial Talbot or self-imaging phenomenon appears when a
periodic temporal signal propagates through a dispersive medium under first-order …

Real-time optical spectrum analysis based on the time-space duality in chirped fiber gratings

J Azaña, MA Muriel - IEEE Journal of quantum electronics, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Based on time-space duality, we deduce a time-domain equivalent to the Fraunhofer (far-
field) approximation in the problem of spatial diffraction. We can use this equivalence to …