Linear sampling and magnification technique based on phase modulators and dispersive elements: The temporal lenticular lens

In this work, we exploit the space/time duality in optics to implement a temporal lenticular lens allowing to simultaneously sample and magnify an arbitrary-shaped optical signal. More specifically, by applying a sinusoidal phase-modulation, the signal under test is propagated through a discrete dispersive element that samples and magnifies its initial waveform. Thanks to this temporal lenticular lens, optical sampling associated to an intensity magnification factor of 3.6 is experimentally demonstrated at a repetition rate of 10 GHz. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.