This paper is divided into two major parts. Following a brief introduction that establishes
some definitions and assumptions, Section II updates our earlier study on the limits of the RF …

Applications that involve point-to-point routing of analog signals have benefited from the
excellent propagation characteristics of optical fiber. Fiber-optic links that remote RF signals …

The performance of a dc to 3 GHz externally modulated link utilizing balanced high-power
photodetection is presented. Nonlinearity measurements of high power photodiodes show 1 …

We demonstrate two analog photonic links that use different noise reduction techniques to
achieve high gain and low noise figure without electronic amplification. Both links use a high …

摘要针对微波通信, 超视距雷达和有线电视系统等军民应用需求, 为了实现光载射频信号的大
动态远距离传输, 提出了基于光学锁相环与粒子群算法的零差相干微波光子传输链路技术 …

Performance of wide-band photonic links (PLs) using Mach-2ehnder modulators (MZMs) is
reported. Comparison parameters include loss, noise figure, and spur-free dynamic range …

We perform a full radio frequency (RF) characterization of the first integrated microwave
photonic interference canceller. The photonic integrated circuit is one of the first to possess …

A photonic preprocessor for analog to digital conversion is demonstrated and characterized
using a cavity-less optical pulse source. The pulse source generates high fidelity pulses at 2 …

A microwave photonic link (MPL) with improved phase noise performance using a dual
output Mach–Zehnder modulator (DP-MZM) and balanced detection is proposed and …

We use an equivalent-circuit model to derive the minimum noise figure (NF) for an
amplifierless optical analog link with a perfect lossless input impedance-matching circuit …