The implementation of temporal synthetic aperture imaging for ultrafast optical processing

Abstract A new technique of temporal imaging, called temporal synthetic aperture imaging (TSAI), is proposed to achieve higher time resolution of the imaging system for ultrafast optical processing. The proposed technique combines several of independent small-aperture systems together to get a higher time resolution and better image quality as a large-aperture system. It can solve the problem that an oversized aperture time lens is difficult to achieve in practice. In this paper, after analyzing the filtering effect, a novel implementation method of TSAI is presented. In order to verify the correctness, we demonstrate a decuple magnification of a signal with two 1ps width pulse separated 2ps, using a synthetic aperture by the system simulation.

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