Power efficiency of time-stretch imaging system by using parallel interleaving detection

Mengxuan Lv, Bo Dai*, Songchao Yin, Dawei Zhang, Xu Wang

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Abstract

A 38.88 MHz time-stretch line-scan imaging system with parallel interleaving detection is experimentally demonstrated. Since only half-chromatic dispersion is used to stretch optical pulses for wavelength-to-time mapping, the power efficiency is significantly improved by 6.5 dB. Furthermore, the theoretical analysis indicates that the power loss can be efficiently reduced for scan rates less than 100 MHz. In addition, a mathematical model for signal-to-noise evaluation is derived, including amplified spontaneous emission noise in the power compensation. Thanks to the improvement of the power efficiency by using parallel interleaving detection, the signal quality is enhanced.

Original languageEnglish
Article number101103
JournalChinese Optics Letters
Volume14
Issue number10
Early online date30 Sept 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Oct 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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