Photonics for microwave measurements

X Zou, B Lu, W Pan, L Yan, A Stöhr… - Laser & Photonics …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging topic, photonic‐assisted microwave measurements with distinct features
such as wide frequency coverage, large instantaneous bandwidth, low frequency …

Broadband photonic RF channelizer with 92 channels based on a soliton crystal microcomb

X Xu, M Tan, J Wu, A Boes, TG Nguyen… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We report a broadband radio frequency (RF) channelizer with up to 92 channels using a
coherent microcomb source. A soliton crystal microcomb, generated by a 49 GHz micro-ring …

Photonic radio frequency channelizers based on Kerr optical micro-combs

M Tan, X Xu, J Wu, TG Nguyen, ST Chu… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We review recent work on broadband RF channelizers based on integrated optical
frequency Kerr micro-combs combined with passive micro-ring resonator filters, with …

Broadband RF channelizer based on an integrated optical frequency Kerr comb source

X Xu, J Wu, TG Nguyen, ST Chu, BE Little… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We report a broadband RF channelizer based on an integrated optical frequency Kerr micro-
comb source, with an RF channelizing bandwidth of 90 GHz, a high RF spectral slice …

Coherent optical RF channelizer with large instantaneous bandwidth and large in-band interference suppression

Z Tang, D Zhu, S Pan - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2018 - opg.optica.org
RF channelization is regarded as one of the most effective approaches to relieve the
difficulty of processing wideband signals in microwave and millimeter-wave receivers. In this …

Broadband cognitive radio enabled by photonics

D Zhu, S Pan - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cognitive radio is considered as a possible disruptive force to improve the spectral resource
efficiency through sensing and interacting with the environment. Traditional electrical …

Wideband adaptive microwave frequency identification using an integrated silicon photonic scanning filter

X Wang, F Zhou, D Gao, Y Wei, X **ao, S Yu… - Photonics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Photonic-assisted microwave frequency identification with distinct features, including wide
frequency coverage and fast tunability, has been conceived as a key technique for …

[HTML][HTML] Wideband image-reject RF channelization based on soliton microcombs

J Ding, Y Wu, H Yang, C Zhang, Y Zhang, J He, D Zhu… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Wideband radio frequency (RF) channelization is essential for the reception and detection of
cross-band RF signals in various applications, including communications, radar, and …

Photonic RF Channelization Applications of Microcombs

W Han, Z Liu, Y Xu, M Tan, C Huang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent decades, microwave photonic channelization techniques have developed
significantly. Characterized by low loss, high versatility, large instantaneous bandwidth, and …

Spectral Interferometry with Frequency Combs

K Twayana, I Rebolledo-Salgado, E Deriushkina… - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review paper, we provide an overview of the state of the art in linear interferometric
techniques using laser frequency comb sources. Diverse techniques including Fourier …