Advanced cost reduction and performance improvement techniques conceived for Radio
Over Fiber (ROF) communications are considered. ROF techniques are expected to form the …

Microwave photonics and optics-based analog links are technologies that are being
developed for a growing number of applications. Photodetectors that operate at high power …

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 …

Integrated microwave photonics, an emerging technology combining radio frequency (RF)
engineering and integrated photonics, has great potential to be adopted for wideband …

Highly selective and reconfigurable microwave filters are of great importance in radio-
frequency signal processing. Microwave photonic (MWP) filters are of particular interest, as …

Photonic technologies have received considerable attention regarding the enhancement of
radiofrequency electrical systems, including high-frequency analogue signal transmission …

An optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) is a hybrid microwave and photonic system incorporating
an amplified positive feedback loop to enable microwave oscillation to generate a high …

In this paper we examine the optical sources of noise that degrade high-performance
microwave photonic links. In particular, we study the residual phase noise due to laser …

Over the past ten years, DARPA has made significant investments toward advancing the
field of microwave photonics. This paper reviews DARPA-funded progress in this subject …

Microwave photonics is a rapidly-growing interdisciplinary field linking microwave and
optical technologies. This paper intends to trace the evolution of microwave photonics over …