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Publications and source records attributed to Jacky C. K. Chan.
Given prior knowledge of the spectral statistics, the SNR of optical waveforms can be manipulated in a reversible manner. We introduce this concept and discuss its potential application to encryption and context-aware detection of weak signals in noisy environments. The same technology performs single shot sparse sampling for optical data compression.
We are inspired by mechanical gearboxes and demonstrate its analog counterpart in optics. We use nonlinear dispersion modes as "gears" to overcome the mismatch between the ultrahigh speed of optical data and the much slower sampling rate of electronic digitizers and processors. We delineate the mathematical foundations and show its utility in ultrafast optical measurements and digital image compression.