Hybrid-integrated high-performance microwave photonic filter with switchable response

Y Tao, H Shu, X Wang, M Jin, Z Tao, F Yang… - Photonics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The integrated microwave photonic filter (MPF), as a compelling candidate for next-
generation radio-frequency (RF) applications, has been widely investigated for decades …

Millimeter-wave generation using hybrid silicon photonics

I Degli-Eredi, P An, J Drasbæk… - Journal of …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Technological innovation with millimeter waves (mm waves), signals having carrier
frequencies between 30 and 300 GHz, has become an increasingly important research field …

Chip‐based microwave‐photonic radar for high‐resolution imaging

S Li, Z Cui, X Ye, J Feng, Y Yang, Z He… - Laser & Photonics …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Radar is the only sensor that can realize target imaging at all time and all weather, which
would be a key technical enabler for future intelligent society. Poor resolution and large size …

High-performance photonic integrated circuits on silicon

R Helkey, AAM Saleh, J Buckwalter… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous integration of III–V semiconductor photonics combined with silicon foundry
technology enables low-cost, high-performance photonic integrated circuits. Highly reliable …

Silicon photonic modulator linearity and optimization for microwave photonic links

CG Bottenfield, VA Thomas… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate the influence of the DC Kerr effect in silicon photonic Mach-
Zehnder modulators (MZMs) and the ability to optimize the combined effects of plasma …

High-linearity Fano resonance modulator using a microring-assisted Mach–Zehnder structure

S Chen, G Zhou, L Zhou, L Lu… - Journal of lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Analog microwave photonic links require high-linearity electro-optic modulators. We
investigate and optimize the linearity performance of a silicon Fano resonance modulator …

Linearity comparison of silicon carrier-depletion-based single, dual-parallel, and dual-series Mach–Zehnder modulators

Q Zhang, H Yu, H Jin, T Qi, Y Li… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a model is built to investigate the linearity of silicon carrier depletion based
Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs). By approximating the nonlinear electro-optical response …

Photonic generation of multi-format radar waveforms based on an integrated silicon IQ modulator

L Wang, Y Zhang, D Wang, T Hao… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose and demonstrate a photonic scheme to generate reconfigurable radar
waveforms based on an integrated silicon in-phase and quadrature-phase (IQ) modulator. It …

Optical linearization of silicon photonic ring-assisted mach-zehnder modulator

MJ Shawon, V Saxena - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In high-performance RF photonic systems, the Electro-Optic (EO) modulators play a critical
role as a key component, requiring low SWaP-C and high linearity. While traditional lithium …

Ultrahigh-linearity dual-drive scheme using a single silicon modulator

H Yue, K Chen, T Chu - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Here, a high-linearity dual-drive scheme using a single silicon dual-drive Mach–Zehnder
modulator is presented. The bias voltages and RF amplitudes of the two driving arms are …