title: High-speed optical sampling using a silicon-chip temporal magnifier.
abstract: We demonstrate a single-shot technique for optical sampling based on temporal magnification using a silicon-chip time lens. We demonstrate the largest reported temporal magnification factor yet achieved (>500) and apply this technique to perform 1.3 TS/s single-shot sampling of ultrafast waveforms and to 80-Gb/s performance monitoring. This scheme offers the potential of developing a device that can transform GHz oscilloscopes into instruments capable of measuring signals with THz bandwidths.
authors.affiliation: School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. reza.salem@cornell.edu
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Foster
authors.forename: Amy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Turner-Foster
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Geraghty
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipson
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gaeta