Guest Editorial Special Issue on Microwave Photonics

Paolo Ghelfi, Tetsuya Kawanishi, and Chris Roeloffzen

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6593-6594 (2022)  View: PDF

Microwave Photonic Systems

Jianping Yao

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6595-6607 (2022)  View: PDF

Photonic-Assisted Arbitrary Waveform Generation for Uplink Applications in Beyond 5G Taking Advantage of Low Frequency Technology

Tsuyoshi Konishi, Yuta Kaihori, and Masayuki Makino

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6608-6615 (2022)  View: PDF

Quantum Microwave Photonics

Tengfei Hao, Ye Yang, Yaqing Jin, Xiao Xiang, Wei Li, Ninghua Zhu, Ruifang Dong, and Ming Li

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6616-6625 (2022)  View: PDF

Field Trial of a Coherent, Widely Distributed, Dual-Band Photonics-Based MIMO Radar With ISAR Imaging Capabilities

Salvatore Maresca, Giovanni Serafino, Carlo Noviello, Filippo Scotti, Gianfranco Fornaro, Eugenio Sansosti, Antonella Bogoni, and Paolo Ghelfi

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6626-6635 (2022)  View: PDF

Integrated Subwavelength Grating Waveguide Bragg Gratings for Microwave Photonics

Hao Sun, Bruno Taglietti, Yue Wang, and Lawrence R. Chen

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6636-6649 (2022)  View: PDF

NIR Emulation of Microwave Backscattering Measurement Using RF Photonics

Michael J. Benker, Lucio De Pra, Paul Coble, Tariq Manzur, and Yifei Li

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6650-6656 (2022)  View: PDF

Arrayed Photomixers for THz Beam-Combining and Beam-Steering

Ming Che, Kazuya Kondo, Haruichi Kanaya, and Kazutoshi Kato

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6657-6665 (2022)  View: PDF

Silicon-on-Insulator Microwave Photonic Filter With Widely Tunable and Reconfigurable Flat-Top Bandpass Functionality

Claudio Porzi, Manuel Reza, Paolo Ghelfi, Marc Sorel, and Antonella Bogoni

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6666-6675 (2022)  View: PDF

Terahertz Wave Conversion From Linear to Circular Polarization by Graphene Metasurface Featuring Ultrawideband Tunability

Sambit Kumar Ghosh, Santanu Das, and Somak Bhattacharyya

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6676-6684 (2022)  View: PDF

Injection Locking Properties of an Dual Laser Source for mm-Wave Communications

Luis Gonzalez-Guerrero, Robinson Guzman, Muhsin Ali, Alberto Zarzuelo, Jessica Cesar Cuello, Devika Dass, Colm Browning, Liam Barry, Ilka Visscher, Robert Grootjans, Chris G. H. Roeloffzen, and Guillermo Carpintero

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6685-6692 (2022)  View: PDF

Single-modulator Based Multi-Format Switchable Signal Generator Without Background Noise

Sha Zhu, Zhijie Chen, Yunxin Wang, Ya Jin, Kunpeng Zhai, Yunping Bai, Jun Tan, Peiyuan Wan, Xu Liu, Wei Li, and Ning Hua Zhu

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6693-6700 (2022)  View: PDF

A Spectrum-Efficient MoF Architecture for Joint Sensing and Communication in B5G Based on Polarization Interleaving and Polarization-Insensitive Filtering

Mingzheng Lei, Min Zhu, Bingchang Hua, Jiao Zhang, Yuancheng Cai, Yucong Zou, Xiang Liu, and Jianjun Yu

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6701-6711 (2022)  View: PDF

Low-Loss Flexible Polarization-Maintaining Hollow Waveguide for Linearly Polarized 100 GHz Radiation Transmission and Subwavelength Imaging

Menghui He, Jiafu Zeng, Zhangxiong Chen, Xian Zhang, Xiaosong Zhu, Chengbin Jing, Chao Chang, and Yiwei Shi

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6712-6718 (2022)  View: PDF

Ultra-Wideband Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Photonic Radar System for Three-Dimensional Terahertz Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging

Li Yi, Ryohei Kaname, Ryoko Mizuno, Yihan Li, Masayuki Fujita, Hiroshi Ito, and Tadao Nagatsuma

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6719-6728 (2022)  View: PDF

Photonically Generated Frequency Hopped Linear Frequency Modulated Signal Using a DFB Laser

Bikash Nakarmi, Yansong Bai, Chuanqi Fang, Xiangchun Wang, Ukash Nakarmi, Ikechi Augustine Ukaegbu, and Shilong Pan

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6729-6736 (2022)  View: PDF

Microwave Photonic Sensing for High Performance Displacement Measurement Based on Period-One Dynamics in a Laser

Bairun Nie, Yuxi Ruan, Yanguang Yu, Qinghua Guo, Jiangtao Xi, Jun Tong, and Haiping Du

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6737-6744 (2022)  View: PDF

Ultra-Wide and Tunable Microwave Frequency Down-Conversion Based on Re-Circulating Opposite Frequency Shifting

Xinhai Zou, Lei Liu, Ying Xu, Renpu Li, Lin Qi, Yu Liu, Yali Zhang, Zhiyao Zhang, Shangjian Zhang, and Yong Liu

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6745-6752 (2022)  View: PDF

Bidirectional Gigabits Per Second Spatial Diversity Link Using POF for Passive Optical Front-Ends

Carina Barbio, Ketemaw Addis Mekonnen, Frans Huijskens, Ton Koonen, and Eduward Tangdiongga

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6753-6761 (2022)  View: PDF

Temporal Disentanglement of Wireless Signal Carriers Based on Quasi-Light-Storage

Jaffar Emad Kadum, Stefan Preußler, Ranjan Das, Younus Mandalawi, and Thomas Schneider

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6762-6768 (2022)  View: PDF

Interferometric Fiber-Optic Hydrophone System Based on Linear Frequency Modulation

Mengyuan Zhao, Ying Mao, Zexu Wang, Feifei Yin, Kun Xu, and Yitang Dai

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6769-6777 (2022)  View: PDF

Improved Nonlinear Model Implementation for VCSEL Behavioral Modeling in Radio-Over-Fiber Links

Andrea Giovannini, Muhammad Usman Hadi, Lucas Iogna Prat, Najett Neji, Zerihun Gedeb Tegegne, Carlos Viana, Anne-Laure Billabert, Jean-Marc Laheurte, Jacopo Nanni, Diego Masotti, Giovanni Tartarini, and Jean-Luc Polleux

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6778-6784 (2022)  View: PDF

Optimal Configuration Mitigating Rayleigh-Backscattering-Induced Distortion in Radioastronomic Optical Fiber Systems

Jacopo Nanni, Andrea Giovannini, Enrico Lenzi, Simone Rusticelli, Randall Wayth, Federico Perini, Jader Monari, and Giovanni Tartarini

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6785-6795 (2022)  View: PDF

Athermal Microwave Photonic Sensor Based on Single Microring Resonance Assisted by Machine Learning

Xiaoyi Tian, Giorgio Gunawan, Luping Zhou, Liwei Li, Linh Nguyen, Robert Minasian, and Xiaoke Yi

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6796-6804 (2022)  View: PDF

High-Speed and High-Resolution Optical Fiber Sensor Interrogation Based on Optical Injection in Semiconductor Laser and Microwave Filtering

Shuo Li, Zhanzhi Liu, Ailing Zhang, Honggang Pan, Radu-Florin Stancu, Yuanli Yue, Ruibo Zhang, and Chao Wang

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6805-6812 (2022)  View: PDF

Photonic Generation of a Windowed Phase-Coded Microwave Waveform With Suppressed Spectrum Sidelobes

Yang Hu, Erwin H. W. Chan, Xudong Wang, Xinhuan Feng, Bai-Ou Guan, and Jianping Yao

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6813-6822 (2022)  View: PDF

Photonic-Assisted Modulation Format Identification for RF Signals under Low Sampling Rate

Jia Ye, Zongxin Gan, Lianshan Yan, Tao Zhou, Wei Pan, and Xihua Zou

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6823-6830 (2022)  View: PDF

Fundamental SNR Limits Imposed by ASE in Frequency-Shifting Loops

Carlos R. Fernández-Pousa and Hugues Guillet de Chatellus

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6831-6844 (2022)  View: PDF

A Microwave Photonic Link With Quadrupled Capacity Based on Coherent Detection and Digital Phase Noise Cancellation

Peng Li, Zheng Dai, Lianshan Yan, and Jianping Yao

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6845-6851 (2022)  View: PDF

Automatic Gbps Receiver for Mobile Device in Beam-Steered Infrared Light Communication System

Ngoc Quan Pham, Ketemaw Addis Mekonnen, Ali Mefleh, Ton Koonen, and Eduward Tangdiongga

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6852-6859 (2022)  View: PDF

3×3 MIMO 60-GHz OFDM-RoF System With Long-Distance Wireless Transmission Enabled by MIMO Volterra Filtering

Chia-Chien Wei, Zhen-Xiong Xie, Pin-Hsuan Ting, Zheng-Wei Huang, and Chun-Ting Lin

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6860-6866 (2022)  View: PDF

Analog Mobile Fronthaul Supporting 128 RF Chain With Nonlinear Compensator for B5G and 6G Ma-MIMO Beamforming

Yu-Jen Huang, Guan-Ting Lin, Pin-Hsuan Ting, Chia-Chien Wei, Sien Chi, and Chun-Ting Lin

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6867-6874 (2022)  View: PDF

Photonic Fractional Fourier Transformation Based on Discrete-Frequency Processing

Xiangzhi Xie, Shanhong Guan, Jilong Li, Feifei Yin, Kun Xu, and Yitang Dai

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6875-6881 (2022)  View: PDF

Constant-Envelope OFDM for Power-Efficient and Nonlinearity-Tolerant Heterodyne MMW-RoF System With Envelope Detection

Peixuan Li, Lizhi Zhu, Xihua Zou, Wei Pan, Hui Zhang, Ningyuan Zhong, and Lianshan Yan

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6882-6890 (2022)  View: PDF

Reconfigurable Low Phase Noise RF Carrier Generation up to W-Band in Silicon Photonics Technology

Antonio Malacarne, Alessandra Bigongiari, Antonio D'Errico, Antonella Bogoni, and Claudio Porzi

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6891-6900 (2022)  View: PDF

High Rejection and Frequency Agile Optical Filtering of RF Signals Using a Rare Earth Ion-Doped Crystal

Lothaire Ulrich, Sacha Welinski, Anne Louchet-Chauvet, Julien de Rosny, Daniel Dolfi, Cyril Vaneph, Perrine Berger, and Loïc Morvan

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6901-6910 (2022)  View: PDF

Silicon Photonic Integrated Fano Resonator With Increased Slope Rate for Microwave Signal Processing

Zheng Dai, Peng Li, and Jianping Yao

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6911-6918 (2022)  View: PDF

Broadband 1×8 Optical Beamforming Network Based on Anti-resonant Microring Delay Lines

Hanwei Sun, Liangjun Lu, Yuanbin Liu, Ziheng Ni, Jianping Chen, and Linjie Zhou

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6919-6928 (2022)  View: PDF

Photonic Delay Processing With Centralized Etalon Cascade for Radio Beamsteering in Simplified 2 × 5 Phased-Array Radio Heads

Aina Val Martí, David Löschenbrand, Markus Hofer, Thomas Zemen, and Bernhard Schrenk

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6929-6938 (2022)  View: PDF

Inverse Design of Silicon Photonic Modulators

Maragathaeswari B., Hudhaifah Ibn Saleem, and Viswas Sadasivan

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6939-6945 (2022)  View: PDF

Photocurrent-Summation-Based High-Speed Integrated Photonic Digital-to-Analog Converter

Shivangi Chugh and Shalabh Gupta

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6946-6952 (2022)  View: PDF

Monolithically Integrable SQW High Speed Waveguide Photodiode With InGaAs/InP Graded Bandgap QW and SL Cladding

Dharmander Malik and Utpal Das

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6953-6960 (2022)  View: PDF

Air-Filled SIW Remote Antenna Unit With True Time Delay Optical Beamforming for mmWave-Over-Fiber Systems

Igor Lima de Paula, Laurens Bogaert, Olivier Caytan, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Arno Moerman, Muhammad Muneeb, Quinten Van den Brande, Guy Torfs, Johan Bauwelinck, Hendrik Rogier, Piet Demeester, Günther Roelkens, and Sam Lemey

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6961-6975 (2022)  View: PDF

Power-Over-Fiber Impact and Chromatic-Induced Power Fading on 5G NR Signals in Analog RoF

Rubén Altuna, J. D. López-Cardona, Fahad M. A. Al-Zubaidi, D. S. Montero, and Carmen Vázquez

J. Lightwave Technol. 40(20), 6976-6983 (2022)  View: PDF