We present a compact, spatiotemporally encoded, deep learning-enabled, single-shot ultrafast imaging system. We simulate the forward light-transport process of an ultrafast event encoded by a random spatiotemporal encoding mask and construct a U-net-based deep learning model to reconstruct the ultrafast event sequences. Trained on simulated ultrafast events consisting of various geometric shapes and handwritten digits with random locations and speeds, the deep learning model can reconstruct multi-frame ultrafast event sequences from simulated single-shot measurements by a normal camera with high reconstruction accuracy and noise tolerance. We also present preliminary fabrication results of spatiotemporal masks. This work provides a simple, cost-effective, single-shot method for studying nonrepetitive ultrafast transient processes.
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