Generation of tunable continuous-wave microwave signals using photonic techniques

• Main Authors: Wong, Jia Haur, Aditya, Sheel, Lam, Huy Quoc, Lee, Kenneth Eng Kian, Lim, Peng Huei, Shum, Perry Ping
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95965; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12943
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper reviews two photonic techniques which have been recently proposed and demonstrated by us for generating tunable continuous-wave microwave signals. In general, both techniques are based on the photonic processing of a pulse-train generated by a mode-locked fiber laser.