Noise imaging in stroboscopic ultrafast microscopy

We describe a method for studying the presence of stochastic sample behavior within stroboscopically averaged time-resolved imaging experiments. The technique is based upon continuous noise analysis concurrent with signal acquisition. An example is presented in which details of random magnetic switching are exposed in a time-resolved scanning Kerr microscopy measurement.

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