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Source linewidth effects in temporal imaging of Gaussian Schell-model pulses
Víctor Torres-companyEnrique SilvestrePedro AndrésGladys Mínguez-vegaJesús Lancissubject
Physicsbusiness.industryGaussianSignalAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsElectronic Optical and Magnetic Materialssymbols.namesakeLaser linewidthOpticsTemporal resolutionDispersion (optics)symbolsWaveformCoherence (signal processing)Electrical and Electronic EngineeringPhysical and Theoretical ChemistrybusinessGaussian beamdescription
A transform-limited Gaussian pulse generated from an externally modulated stationary source is launched within a temporal imaging system composed of a second-order dispersion followed by a time lens and a subsequent quadratic dispersion. We consider the effect of the statistical properties of the emitted light for temporal imaging. In particular, it is shown that the design parameters that ensure a received signal with the minimum root-mean-square (rms) width achievable, which is called the temporal image of the incident pulse, are strongly dependent on the coherence properties of the input waveform. Finally, limitations on the temporal resolution of the setup are highlighted and a realistic numerical example is provided.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-11-01 | Optics Communications |