Recent advances in microwave photonics

• Published in: Frontiers of Optoelectronics (Online) Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 160 - 185
• Main Authors: LI, Ming, ZHU, Ninghua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Higher Education Press 01.06.2016
• Subjects: arbitrary waveform generation (AWG); Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; direct modulation laser; Electrical Engineering; Engineering; integrated microwave photonics (IMWP); microwave photonics (MWP); microwave photonics filter (MPF); microwave photonics front-ends (MWP-FE); optical analog device and system; optical phase locked looping (OPLL); optical vector network analyzer; optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs); phase stabilized analog optical link; Physics; radio over fiber; Review Article; 传输信号; 光子技术; 光谱测量; 学科结合; 微波信号; 微波光子学; 微波工程; 高分辨率; optical analog device and system; optical phase locked looping (OPLL); integrated microwave photonics (IMWP); direct modulation laser; phase stabilized analog optical link; microwave photonics front-ends (MWP-FE); microwave photonics filter (MPF); arbitrary waveform generation (AWG); microwave photonics (MWP); radio over fiber; optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs); optical vector network analyzer
• ISSN: 2095-2759; 2095-2767
• DOI: 10.1007/s12200-016-0633-0

Microwave photonics (MWP) is an interdisciplinary field that combines two different areas of microwave engineering and photonics. It has several key features by transferring signals between the optical domain and microwave domain, which leads to the advantages of broad operation bandwidth for generation, processing and distribution of microwave signals and high resolution for optical spectrum measurement. In this paper, we comprehensively review past and current status of MWP in China by introducing the representative works from most of the active MWP research groups. Future prospective is also discussed from the national strategy to key enabling technology that we have developed.