All-optical high spatial-temporal resolution photography with raster principle at 2 trillion frames per second

• Published in: Optics express 2021-08, Vol.29 (17), p.27298-27308
• Main Authors: Zhu, Yongle, Zeng, Xuanke, Cai, Yi, Lu, Xiaowei, Zhu, Qifan, Zeng, Liangwei, He, Tingchao, Li, Junzi, Yang, Yang, Zheng, Maijie, Xu, Shixiang, Li, Jingzhen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1094-4087; 1094-4087
• DOI: 10.1364/OE.434042

A novel single-shot ultrafast all-optical photography with raster principle (OPR) that can capture real-time imaging of ultrafast phenomena is proposed and demonstrated. It consists of a sequentially timed module (STM), spectral-shaping module (SSM), and raster framing camera (RFC). STM and SSM are used for linearly encoding frequency-time mapping and system calibration, respectively. The function of the RFC is sampling the target by microlens arrays and framing on the basis of frequency-time-spatial positions conversion. We demonstrated the recording of transient scenes with the spatial resolution of ∼90lp/mm, the frame number of 12 and the frame rate of 2 trillion frames per second (Tfps) in single-shot. Thanks to its high spatial-temporal resolution, high frame rate (maximum up to 10 Tfps or more) and sufficient frame number, our OPR can observe the dynamic processes with complex spatial structure at the atomic time scale (10 fs∼1ps), which is promising for application in plasma physics, shock waves in laser-induced damage, and dynamics of condensed matter materials.