title: Wideband and high-resolution coherent optical transients with a frequency-agile laser oscillator.
abstract: We report what is believed to be the first experimental demonstration of a wideband spectral coherent process driven by a frequency-agile laser in a rare-earth-ion-doped crystal. The very demanding chirp-transform algorithm is studied in detail and is applied to radio-frequency spectral analysis. A time-bandwidth product of 24,000 is demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Bâtiment 505, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France. vincent.crozatier@lac.u-psud.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Crozatier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorju
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Le Gouët
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bretenaker
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lorgeré