Microwave photonic radars

S Pan, Y Zhang - Journal of Lightwave technology, 2020 - opg.optica.org
As the only method for all-weather, all-time and long-distance target detection and
recognition, radar has been intensively studied since it was invented, and is considered as …

Photonics-based broadband radar for high-resolution and real-time inverse synthetic aperture imaging

F Zhang, Q Guo, Z Wang, P Zhou, G Zhang, J Sun… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A photonics-based radar with generation and de-chirp processing of broadband linear
frequency modulated continuous-wave (LFMCW) signal in optical domain is proposed for …

Breaking the limitation of mode building time in an optoelectronic oscillator

T Hao, Q Cen, Y Dai, J Tang, W Li, J Yao, N Zhu… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
An optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is a microwave photonic system with a positive feedback
loop used to create microwave oscillation with ultra-low phase noise thanks to the …

Photonic radar for contactless vital sign detection

Z Zhang, Y Liu, T Stephens, BJ Eggleton - Nature Photonics, 2023 - nature.com
Vital sign detection is used across ubiquitous scenarios in medical and health settings, and
contact and wearable sensors have been widely deployed. However, they are unsuitable for …

Photonics-based real-time ultra-high-range-resolution radar with broadband signal generation and processing

F Zhang, Q Guo, S Pan - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Real-time and high-resolution target detection is highly desirable in modern radar
applications. Electronic techniques have encountered grave difficulties in the development …

Hybrid integrated low-noise linear chirp frequency-modulated continuous-wave laser source based on self-injection to an external cavity

L Tang, H Jia, S Shao, S Yang, H Chen… - Photonics Research, 2021 - opg.optica.org
A hybrid integrated low-noise linear chirp frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW)
laser source with a wide frequency bandwidth is demonstrated. By employing two …

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 …

Photonic generation of wideband chirped microwave waveforms

H Chi, C Wang, J Yao - IEEE journal of microwaves, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A chirped microwave waveform with a large time-bandwidth product (TBWP) can find
important applications in modern radar systems and microwave imaging systems …

Period-one laser dynamics for photonic microwave signal generation and applications

P Zhou, N Li, S Pan - Photonics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the advantages of rich dynamics, small size, and easy integration, semiconductor
lasers have many applications in microwave photonics. With a proper perturbation to invoke …

Generation of linear frequency-modulated waveforms by a frequency-swee** optoelectronic oscillator

P Zhou, F Zhang, S Pan - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a simple scheme for linear frequency-modulated (LFM) waveform generation
based on a frequency-swee** optoelectronic oscillator is proposed and demonstrated …