Ultrafast optics has undergone a revolution in the past two decades, driven by new methods
of pulse generation, amplification, manipulation, and measurement. We review the …

Manipulation and characterization of information using ultrafast optical signals is critical for
numerous applications in telecommunications, biology, quantum information science …

With the realization of faster telecommunication data rates and an expanding interest in
ultrafast chemical and physical phenomena, it has become important to develop techniques …

The so-called space-time analogy constitutes a source of inspiration to understand,
engineer, and implement new systems for ultrafast optical signal processing based on …

We propose a new technique to realize an optical time lens for ultrafast temporal processing
that is based on four-wave mixing in a silicon nanowaveguide. The demonstrated time lens …

Photonic systems provide access to extremely large bandwidths, which can approach a
petahertz. Unfortunately, full utilization of this bandwidth is not achievable using standard …

The last two decades have seen a wealth of optical instrumentation based upon the
concepts of space-time duality. A historical overview of how this beautiful framework has …

A time lens allows one to stretch or compress optical waveforms in time, similar to the
conventional lens in space. However, a single-time-lens imaging system always imparts a …

A new self-referencing technique to characterize the temporal electric field of a short optical
pulse is presented. The group delay of the pulse is directly obtained from two projections of …

The field of high-speed measurements for optical telecommunication systems is reviewed.
An emphasis is placed on diagnostics evaluating the temporal electric field of light, ie …