We demonstrate a real-time transient waveform digitizer with a record 1 TSa/s (Tera-Sample/sec) sampling rate. This is accomplished by using a photonic time stretch preprocessor which slows down the electrical waveform before it is captured by an electronic digitizer.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0509266,
title = {Tera-sample-per-second Real-time Waveform Digitizer},
author = {Yan Han and Ozdal Boyraz and Bahram Jalali},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0509266},
year = {2009}
}