Recent advances in microwave photonics

Abstract

Microwave photonics (MWP) is an interdisciplinary field that combines two different areas of microwave engineering and photonics. It has several key features by transferring signals between the optical domain and microwave domain, which leads to the advantages of broad operation bandwidth for generation, processing and distribution of microwave signals and high resolution for optical spectrum measurement. In this paper, we comprehensively review past and current status of MWP in China by introducing the representative works from most of the active MWP research groups. Future prospective is also discussed from the national strategy to key enabling technology that we have developed.

Biography

Ming Li (M’07) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Japan, in 2009. In 2009, he joined the Microwave Photonics Research Laboratory, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In 2011, he joined the Ultrafast Optical Processing Group under the supervision, INRS-EMT, Montreal, Canada, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In 2013, he joined the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences as a full-professor, under the support of "Thousand Youth Talents" program.

He has published more than 150 high-impact Journal and international conference papers. His current research interests include integrated microwave photonics and its applications, ultrafast optical signal processing and arbitrary waveform generation.

Ninghua Zhu (M’92) received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electronic engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China, in 1982, 1986, and 1990, respectively. From 1990 to 1994, he was with Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China, as a Postdoctoral Fellow, where he became an Associate Professor in 1992, and a Full Professor in 1994. From 1994 to 1995, he was a Research Fellow in the Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. From 1996 to 1998, he was with Siemens Corporate Technology, Munich, Germany, as a Guest Scientist (Humboldt Research Fellow), where he was engaged in the microwave design and testing of external waveguide modulators and laser modules.

He is currently a Professor at the Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China. During 1998, he was with the Hundred-Talent Program, CAS, and was selected by the National Natural Science Foundation as a Distinguished Young Scientist. He founded a Joint Photonics Research Laboratory between the Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, and City University of Hong Kong in 1998, and served as the Deputy Director. His research interests include modeling and characterization of integrated optical waveguides and coplanar transmission lines, and optimal design and testing of optoelectronics devices. He has authored or coauthored more than 170 journal papers, one book, and one book chapter.