We demonstrate a time-to-space mapping of an optical signal with a picosecond time resolution based on an electrooptic beam deflection. A time axis of the optical signal is mapped into a spatial replica by the deflection. We theoretically derive a minimum time resolution of the time-to-space mapping and confirm it experimentally on the basis of the pulse width of the optical pulses picked out from the deflected beam through a narrow slit which acts as a temporal window. We have achieved the minimum time resolution of 1.6±0.2 ps.

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1. A. M. Weiner, J. P. Heritage, and E. M. Kirschner "High-resolution femtosecond pulse shaping," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 5,1563-1572 (1988). [CrossRef]
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3. K. Ema, M. Kuwata-Gonokami, and F. Shimizu, "All-optical sub-Tbits/s serial-to-parallel conversion using excitons giant nonlinearity," Appl. Phys. Lett. 59,2799-2801 (1991). [CrossRef]
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5. M. C. Nuss, M. Li, T. H. Chiu, A. M. Weiner, and A. Partovi, "Time-tospace mapping of femtosecond pulses," Opt. Lett. 19,664-666 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
6. Y. T. Mazurenko, S. E. Putilin, A. G. Spiro, A. G. Beliaev, V. E. Yashin, and S. A. Chizhov, "Ultrafast time-tospace conversion of phase by the method of spectral nonlinear optics," Opt. Lett. 21,1753-1755 (1996) [CrossRef] [PubMed]
7. P. C. Sun, Y. T. Mazurenko, and Y. Fainman, "Femtosecond pulse imaging: ultrafast optical oscilloscope," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14,1159-1170 (1997). [CrossRef]
8. T. Konishi and Y. Ichioka, "Ultrafast image transmission by optical time-to-two-dimensional-space-totime-totwo- dimensional-space conversion," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16,1076-1088 (1999). [CrossRef]
9. A. M. Weiner and A. M. Kan’an, "Femtosecond pulse shaping for synthesis, processing, and time-to-space conversion of ultrafast optical waveforms," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4,317-330 (1998). [CrossRef]
10. J. -H. Chung and A. M. Weiner, "Real-time detection of femtosecond optical pulse sequences via time-to-space conversion in the lightwave communications band," J. Lightwave Technol. 21,3323-3333 (2003). [CrossRef]
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12. J. E. Bjorkholm, E. H. Turner, and D. B. Pearson, "Conversion of cw light into a train of subnanosecond pulses using frequency modulation and the dispersion of a near-resonant atomic vapor," Appl. Phys. Lett. 26,564-566 (1975). [CrossRef]
13. T. Kobayashi, H. Yao, K. Amano, Y. Fukushima, A. Morimoto, and T. Sueta, "Optical pulse compression using high-frequency electrooptic phase modulation," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 24,382-387 (1988). [CrossRef]
14. B. Y. Lee, T. Kobayashi, A. Morimoto, and T. Sueta, "High-speed electrooptic deflector and its application to picosecond pulse generation," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-28,1739-1744 (1992). [CrossRef]
15. S. Hisatake, K. Shibuya, and T. Kobayashi, "Ultrafast traveling-wave electro-optic deflector using domainengineered LiTaO3 crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87,081101 (2005). [CrossRef]
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Appl. Phys. B

• Y. T. Mazurenko, "Holography of wave packets," Appl. Phys. B 50,101-104 (1990). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

• K. Ema, M. Kuwata-Gonokami, and F. Shimizu, "All-optical sub-Tbits/s serial-to-parallel conversion using excitons giant nonlinearity," Appl. Phys. Lett. 59,2799-2801 (1991). [CrossRef]
• T. Kobayashi and T. Sueta, "High-repetition-rate optical pulse generator using a Fabry-Perot electro-optic modulator," Appl. Phys. Lett. 21,341-343 (1972). [CrossRef]
• J. E. Bjorkholm, E. H. Turner, and D. B. Pearson, "Conversion of cw light into a train of subnanosecond pulses using frequency modulation and the dispersion of a near-resonant atomic vapor," Appl. Phys. Lett. 26,564-566 (1975). [CrossRef]
• S. Hisatake, K. Shibuya, and T. Kobayashi, "Ultrafast traveling-wave electro-optic deflector using domainengineered LiTaO3 crystal," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87,081101 (2005). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

• T. Kobayashi, H. Yao, K. Amano, Y. Fukushima, A. Morimoto, and T. Sueta, "Optical pulse compression using high-frequency electrooptic phase modulation," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 24,382-387 (1988). [CrossRef]
• B. Y. Lee, T. Kobayashi, A. Morimoto, and T. Sueta, "High-speed electrooptic deflector and its application to picosecond pulse generation," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. QE-28,1739-1744 (1992). [CrossRef]
• A.M. Weiner, D. E. Learird, D. H. Reitze, and E. G. Peak "Femtosecond spectral holography," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 28,2251-2261 (1992). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron.

• A. M. Weiner and A. M. Kan’an, "Femtosecond pulse shaping for synthesis, processing, and time-to-space conversion of ultrafast optical waveforms," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 4,317-330 (1998). [CrossRef]

J. Lightwave Technol.

• J. -H. Chung and A. M. Weiner, "Real-time detection of femtosecond optical pulse sequences via time-to-space conversion in the lightwave communications band," J. Lightwave Technol. 21,3323-3333 (2003). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A

• P. C. Sun, Y. T. Mazurenko, and Y. Fainman, "Femtosecond pulse imaging: ultrafast optical oscilloscope," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 14,1159-1170 (1997). [CrossRef]
• T. Konishi and Y. Ichioka, "Ultrafast image transmission by optical time-to-two-dimensional-space-totime-totwo- dimensional-space conversion," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 16,1076-1088 (1999). [CrossRef]
• A. M. Weiner, J. P. Heritage, and E. M. Kirschner "High-resolution femtosecond pulse shaping," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 5,1563-1572 (1988). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

• M. C. Nuss, M. Li, T. H. Chiu, A. M. Weiner, and A. Partovi, "Time-tospace mapping of femtosecond pulses," Opt. Lett. 19,664-666 (1994). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
• Y. T. Mazurenko, S. E. Putilin, A. G. Spiro, A. G. Beliaev, V. E. Yashin, and S. A. Chizhov, "Ultrafast time-tospace conversion of phase by the method of spectral nonlinear optics," Opt. Lett. 21,1753-1755 (1996) [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

• A. Morimoto, M. Tamaru, Y. Matsuda, M. Arisawa, and T. Kobayashi, in Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1995), p. 234.

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