Electro-optic samplers are about the closest but they typically transform from time to spatial domain and have multibit resolution. The storage isnt atomic but in an image sensor attached to a spectroscometer. http://beamdocs.fnal.gov/AD/DocDB/0025/002555/001/eos1.pdf
Bruce > On 28 July 2019 at 17:37 Glen English VK1XX <glenl...@pacificmedia.com.au> > wrote: > > > OK research people...since this forum is loaded with bleeding edge > understanding, Is there such a thing in the lab as a material that can > store, in a 2 level (1 bit) format (or more) , a discrete time > representation of some event ? > > In my simple example (dream), an arrangement of some molecular or some > quantum storage medium, that can store an event at discrete intervals of > say, 100fs ? That is, the duration of the storage might be 1nS, storing > the state of something, at 100fs intervals (example ) ....having a (for > example) sample storage of 10000 samples, and the ability to freeze that > event (in some atomic level memory) for later readout once only or > continuously looped ? > > No, I am not proposing this for my period /frequency analyser, I was > just wondering about super high speed digitization and storage of very > fast very short events. > > -glen > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.