title: Optical arbitrary waveform characterization using linear spectrograms.
abstract: We demonstrate the first application of linear spectrogram methods based on electro-optic phase modulation to characterize optical arbitrary waveforms generated under spectral line-by-line control. This approach offers both superior sensitivity and self-referencing capability for retrieval of periodic high repetition rate optical arbitrary waveforms.
authors.affiliation: Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Leaird
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Stephen A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Boppart
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Weiner